I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of

the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.

Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right

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The Fortune Magazine calls Howard Schultz, one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time.

But this self-made billionaire has never forgotten where he came from. Howard was born in 1953

in Brooklyn, New York to Fred and Elaine Schultz. Raised in the housing projects, he says he

watched his father struggle to hold down a series of blue collar jobs, never able to find

meaning or fulfillment in his work.

The family's financial struggles became even worse when Howard's father was injured on

that job. He had no health insurance and received no workers compensation. Unable to work, the

company let his father go. That made a lifelong impression on Howard, who says he never imagined

he would one day be in a position to run a company a very different kind of way. But he

knew that people deserve more respect than his father had received.

Here we go.

Here we go. I've absolutely talked a lot over the years about following your call

calling and honoring that calling. And this show, Supercell Sunday, that's a main part of

the conversation that we have weekly about honoring that passion. And I'm always fascinated

by the myriad of callings or passions that people have. And yours was coffee. How do you

honor the calling of coffee? And did you know that it was coffee or was it your desire

to serve?

I did not know his coffee. But I think it could have been many other things as long as I had

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