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Starbucks Has Stores In America In Many, Many Communities That Are Governed By Many, Many Different Municipalities. Starbucks Cannot Dictate To A Municipality In Cincinnati Or Kansas City Or Sacramento How Or Why Or When There Should Be A Recycling Program.

It's Different When You're Trying To Turn Something Around, Especially Something That You Built, At A Time When So Many Constituents - The Media, Wall Street, Competitors, Ex-employees - Are All Saying That Starbucks's Best Days Are Behind It, And That Schultz Is Never Going To Be Able To Bring It Back.

Managing A Business, Small Or Large, Today Requires An Extremely Disciplined, Thoughtful Approach With Regard To The Pressure That People Are Under.

Be Bold, But Be Fair. Don't Give In. If Others Around You Have Integrity, Too, You Can Prevail