Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
HOWARD SCHULTZYou must find something that you deeply love and are passionate about and are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve.
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The 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.
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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.
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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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Don’t settle! Embrace a dream–and keep dreaming. Don’t be a bystander. Take it personally.
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China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers.
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In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.
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I think that sometimes the difference between winning and losing, success and failure, is this gray line between will, passion and self-belief that says, ‘I’m going to do this’.
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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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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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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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Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
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I don’t have any secret sauce and I’m no smarter than anyone else. I will say I have surrounded myself with unbelievable talent that has made my job easier.
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My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.
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At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.
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Work should be personal. For all of us. Not just for the artist and entrepreneur. Work should have meaning for the accountant, the construction worker, the technologist, the manager and the clerk.
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