Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can’t tell you whether someone will fit into a company’s culture.
HOWARD SCHULTZIf you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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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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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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Risk more than others think safe.
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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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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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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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While we are a coffee company at heart, Starbucks provides much more than the best cup of coffee—we offer a community gathering place where people come together to connect and discover new things.
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At its core, I believe leadership is about instilling confidence in others.
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When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.
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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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My mother taught me something at a young age – she said ‘you are the company you keep.’ To define yourself by some label or some level of resources – that’s pretty shallow.
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Always challenge the old ways.
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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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I conduct my life with an expectation that people will do the right thing. Yet even with all my experience, I am still surprised when they do not.
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We 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.
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