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.
HOWARD SCHULTZThis may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
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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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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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Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
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Success is best when it is shared.
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To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.
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We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.
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Starbucks trying to build a different kind of company around the balance of profitably and benevolence. A social conscience. And that isn’t a program it has to be a way of life.
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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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Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
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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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Always challenge the old ways.
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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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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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If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.
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