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 now.

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, struggled 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 calling and honoring that calling.

And this show, Super Soul 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 as coffee.

But I think it could have been many other things, as long as I had a passion and a love for it.

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