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Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don't embrace the status quo.

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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If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.
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Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.
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Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
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Sports was a great equalizer. It didn't have color. It didn't matter whether you were rich or poor, black or white. It really shaped me in many ways to be able to deal with a lot of different personalities and different cultures. Sports were the common thread.
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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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You cant build any kind of organization if youre not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.
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