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Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.

Howard Schultz

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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
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Howard D. Schultz
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I think Starbucks created a platform and, ultimately, a runway for many other companies to emulate. I suspect if we had not achieved what we have, there would have been many regional brands that would have succeeded. But I'm not sure there would have been a national brand of the scope of Starbucks.
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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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In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity or you can pick yourself up and say listen, I have to be responsible for myself.
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Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
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In the 1960s, if you introduced a new product to America, 90% of the people who viewed it for the first time believed in the corporate promise. Then 40 years later if you performed the same exercise, less than 10% of the public believed it was true. The fracturing of trust is based on the fact that the consumer has been let down.
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Managing a business, small or large, today requires an extremely disciplined, thoughtful approach with regard to the pressure that people are under.
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I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.
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We can't wait for Washington. Business leaders are going to have to galvanize their own constituencies and do everything they can to demonstrate confidence in the economy, and I think that can be contagious.
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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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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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With a population of more than 600 million people, an emerging middle class that is driving strong consumption, and a robust and resilient economy, Southeast Asia presents a compelling growth opportunity for Starbucks.
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People in Washington need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.
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Starbucks is committed to evolving and enhancing our customer experience with innovative and wholesome food offerings.
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The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left behind, and success is not sustainable unless it is shared.
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Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.
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Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
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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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You walk into a retail store, whatever it is, and if there's a sense of entertainment and excitement and electricity, you wanna be there.
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Americans reading the paper, listening to the news every single day, and all you hear is things are getting worse and worse. And that has a psychological effect on consumer confidence. That's what consumer confidence is.
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We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
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