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.
HOWARD SCHULTZSuccess is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.
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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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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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In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we’re made of.
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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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You must find something that you deeply love and are passionate about and are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve.
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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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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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This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
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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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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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Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.
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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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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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At its core, I believe leadership is about instilling confidence in others.
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Good results is not an entitlement. It has to be earned and earned each individual working day via the lens of humility.
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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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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 be threatened by people smarter than you.
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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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Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.
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We would take something old and tired and common – coffee – and weave a sense of romance and community around it. We would rediscover the mystique and charm that had swirled around coffee throughout the centuries.
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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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Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can’t tell you whether someone will fit into a company’s culture.
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Great companies are defined by their discipline and their understanding of who they are and who they are not.
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Success is the by-product when you work toward the target.
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