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When companies fail, or fail to grow, it’s almost always because they don’t invest in the people, the systems, and the processes they need.

Howard Schultz

Success is something that has to be earned every day.
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Day Earn Success
My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.
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Commitment Family Important Life Myself Passion
Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.
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Ability Attribute Leadership Organization People Share
Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
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Alone Arrive Empty Success Yourself
Authentic brands don’t emerge from marketing cubicles or advertising agencies. They emanate from everything the company does.
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Advertisement Authentic Company Marketing
Great companies that build an enduring brand have an emotional relationship with customers that has no barrier. And that emotional relationship is on the most important characteristic, which is trust.
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Brand Character Company Emotional Endurance Greatness Relationship Trust
Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don’t try to fit the system. If you do what’s expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect.
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Accomplishment Expectation Play Safety System Try Yourself
We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation.
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Difficult Fight Fragile Politics Situation Wake Up
Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
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Digital Home Media Social Train
You 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.
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Beyond Build Experience Organization People Skill Surround Yourself
When companies fail, or fail to grow, it’s almost always because they don’t invest in the people, the systems, and the processes they need.
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Company Failure Growth Investment Need People System
Don’t settle! Embrace a dream–and keep dreaming. Don’t be a bystander. Take it personally.
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Dreams Embrace Inspirational Personal
And with the right mentor, don’t be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don’t know what you don’t know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you’ll be surprised how much others will help.
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Advice Afraid Help Right Surprise Vulnerable Weakness
We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
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Business Coffee Company People Service
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity or you can pick yourself up and say listen, I have to be responsible for myself.
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Blame Life Listening Myself People Responsibility
At its core, I believe leadership is about instilling confidence in others.
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Believe Confidence Leadership Myself

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