It’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 SCHULTZIn times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we’re made of.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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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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Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.
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I 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.
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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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My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.
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Good results is not an entitlement. It has to be earned and earned each individual working day via the lens of humility.
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We 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.
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Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can’t cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity.
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People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.
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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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Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
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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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Don’t settle! Embrace a dream–and keep dreaming. Don’t be a bystander. Take it personally.
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Beverages have to be created. And they’re created by looking at what trend is in, say, the fashion industry – what color’s hot right now.
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People around the world, they want the authentic Starbucks experience.
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