I'm Much More Concerned About America Than

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.

Work Should Be Personal. For All Of Us. Not Just For The Artist And Entrepreneur. Work Should Have Meaning For The Accountant, The Construction Worker, The Technologist, The Manager And The Clerk.

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.

You Must Find Something That You Deeply Love And Are Passionate About And Are Willing To Sacrifice A Lot To Achieve.

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.