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My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.

Howard Schultz

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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Artist Construction Entrepreneur Manager Meaning Personal Work
One of the fundamental aspects of leadership, I realized more and more, is the ability to instill confidence in others when you yourself are feeling insecure.
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Ability Confidence Feeling Fundamental Insecurity Leadership Yourself
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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Brand Character Company Emotional Endurance Greatness Relationship Trust
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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Accomplishment Expectation Play Safety System Try Yourself
Entrepreneurs must love what they do to such a degree that doing it is worth sacrifice and, at times, pain. But doing anything else, we think, would be unimaginable.
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Entrepreneur Imagination Love Sacrifice Thinking Worth
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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Company Failure Growth Investment Need People System
In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks’ position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can – and have, in some cases – been able to educate and influence people.
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Coffee Education Growth Influence Issues People Place
Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don’t embrace the status quo.
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Balance Discipline Embrace Growth Intuition Status
We need to put ourselves in the shoes of our customers. That is my new battle cry. Live and breathe Starbucks the way our customers do.
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Battle Breathe Cry Customer Need Ourselves Way
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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Expectation Experience Life Myself People Right Surprise
People around the world, they want the authentic Starbucks experience.
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Authentic Experience People World
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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Belief Difference Lose Myself Passion Thinking Time Win
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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Believe Job Myself Secret Smart Surround Talent
At its core, I believe leadership is about instilling confidence in others.
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Believe Confidence Leadership Myself
Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.
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Commitment End Inspirational Journey Start Strong
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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Balance Business Conscience Humanity Manage Success Try

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