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Don’t settle! Embrace a dream–and keep dreaming. Don’t be a bystander. Take it personally.

Howard Schultz

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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Hard Leadership Trust Vulnerable
At its core, I believe leadership is about instilling confidence in others.
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Believe Confidence Leadership Myself
When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.
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Commitment Inspirational Passionate People Possible Purpose Surround Yourself
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
This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
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Believe Big Dreams Inspirational Myself Sound
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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Art Company Culture People Resume Science
My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.
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Commitment Family Important Life Myself Passion
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
I can’t imagine a day without coffee. I can’t imagine!
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Coffee Day Imagination Myself
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
I 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.
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Dreams Honesty Inspirational Journey Myself Position Success World
Risk more than others think safe.
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Inspirational One Liner Risk Safety Thinking
And with the right mentor, don’t be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don’t know what you don’t know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you’ll be surprised how much others will help.
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Advice Afraid Help Right Surprise Vulnerable Weakness
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
Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.
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