Be bold, but be fair. Don’t give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail.
HOWARD SCHULTZBe bold, but be fair. Don’t give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail.
HOWARD SCHULTZWhatever 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.
HOWARD SCHULTZI 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.
HOWARD SCHULTZAny business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march.
HOWARD SCHULTZSuccess is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
HOWARD SCHULTZIn times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we’re made of.
HOWARD SCHULTZDon’t be threatened by people smarter than you.
HOWARD SCHULTZI 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.
HOWARD SCHULTZBeverages 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.
HOWARD SCHULTZSocial and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
HOWARD SCHULTZStarbucks 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.
HOWARD SCHULTZSometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of.
HOWARD SCHULTZCutting 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.
HOWARD SCHULTZI 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.
HOWARD SCHULTZMy passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.
HOWARD SCHULTZAt its core, I believe leadership is about instilling confidence in others.
HOWARD SCHULTZ