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.
HOWARD SCHULTZWe 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.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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Be bold, but be fair. Don’t give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail.
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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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The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.
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Don’t be threatened by people smarter than you.
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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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Success is the by-product when you work toward the target.
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The challenge of the retail business is the human condition.
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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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Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
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Success is something that has to be earned every day.
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China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers.
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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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When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.
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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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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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