Sometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of.
HOWARD SCHULTZEvery step of the way, I made a point to underpromise and overdeliver. In the long run, that’s the only way to ensure security in any job.
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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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China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers.
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Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march.
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When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.
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We would take something old and tired and common – coffee – and weave a sense of romance and community around it. We would rediscover the mystique and charm that had swirled around coffee throughout the centuries.
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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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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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If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.
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In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we’re made of.
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If you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible.
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I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It’s seeing what other people don’t see And pursuing that vision.
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Every step of the way, I made a point to underpromise and overdeliver. In the long run, that’s the only way to ensure security in any job.
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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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People around the world, they want the authentic Starbucks experience.
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Starbucks is not an advertiser; people think we are a great marketing company, but in fact we spend very little money on marketing and more money on training our people than advertising.
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