When You Start A Company,

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.

At Its Core, I Believe Leadership Is About Instilling Confidence In Others.

Success Is Empty If You Arrive At The Finish Line Alone.

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.

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