But when you really believe-in yourself, in your dream-you just have to do everything you possibly can to take control and make your vision a reality. No great achievement happens by luck.
HOWARD SCHULTZBut when you really believe-in yourself, in your dream-you just have to do everything you possibly can to take control and make your vision a reality. No great achievement happens by luck.
HOWARD SCHULTZEffective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.
HOWARD SCHULTZDon’t be threatened by people smarter than you.
HOWARD SCHULTZThe success of the Starbucks has been based on this balance between profitability and a social conscience. Everywhere we’re doing business, were trying to manage the business through the lens of humanity.
HOWARD SCHULTZI honestly never dreamed at the time that I would one day own the Starbucks and or be in a position where we would have more than 10,000 stores around the world. It has just been an incredible journey for all of us.
HOWARD SCHULTZAt an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.
HOWARD SCHULTZWe are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.
HOWARD SCHULTZSuccess is the by-product when you work toward the target.
HOWARD SCHULTZWe want passion for our business.. workers who can interpret and execute our mission, who want to build a career, not just take a temporary job.
HOWARD SCHULTZWe have no patent on anything we do and anything we do can be copied by anyone else. But you can’t copy the heart and the soul and the conscience of the company.
HOWARD SCHULTZYou cant build any kind of organization if you’re not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.
HOWARD SCHULTZSuccess is best when it is shared.
HOWARD SCHULTZIt’s one thing to dream, but when the moment is right, you’ve got to be willing to leave what’s familiar and go out to find your own sound.
HOWARD SCHULTZEurope has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.
HOWARD SCHULTZStarbucks trying to build a different kind of company around the balance of profitably and benevolence. A social conscience. And that isn’t a program it has to be a way of life.
HOWARD SCHULTZWe need to put ourselves in the shoes of our customers. That is my new battle cry. Live and breathe Starbucks the way our customers do.
HOWARD SCHULTZ