Food is intensely pleasurable, and people are afraid that if they change the way they eat, they'll stop having pleasure. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I really think people should live to be 100 years old pretty much disease-free. I think that's our genetic potential. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We believe that business is good because it creates value. It is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange; it is… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
When I'm hiring leaders, I pay a lot of attention to what their peers and what people who report to them say… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Shopping for groceries for most people is like a chore. It's like doing the laundry or taking out the garbage. And we… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that unions don't understand that we live in a free society, and people have the right to not select… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
You have to understand: the narrative that people have about business and capitalism is that they are fundamentally selfish, greedy, and exploitative.… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
They said our first store in Austin would not work. Then they said it would not work outside Austin, that it would… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
In many companies, the person who talks the best usually gets the job. I got snowed by a few of those people… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The idea that in the system, if you manage it in an optimum way, all of the constituent parts of the system… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We do take seriously our responsibility, and growing ability, to educate people about healthy eating and giving them greater access to nourishing… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
People need to eat whole food plant foods, primarily... whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. That diet supports our lives. We… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
What I know is that we no longer have free enterprise capitalism in health care; it's not a system any longer where… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will… — John Mackey Copy Share
The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It divides it… — John Mackey Copy Share
“I realized that with everything I did from that point onward, I would have to ask myself this question: "How would I feel if… — John Mackey Copy Share
At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place. From the… — John Mackey Copy Share
I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger - that… — John Mackey Copy Share
If you have a mental model that says big corporations are fundamentally greedy and selfish and exploitative, you don't really want to have an… — John Mackey Copy Share
The great thing about a culture is that once you really get it going, it evolves on its own. It's self-organizing. It's dynamic. It… — John Mackey Copy Share
A healthy society rests on three pillars: business, government and civil society, or non-profits. Each has a distinct and important role to play, and… — John Mackey Copy Share
Human beings are made up of many different values, and sometimes those values are in tension with each other. — John Mackey Copy Share
I was looking for the meaning of life when I was in college. And my deal with my dad was as long as I… — John Mackey Copy Share
Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week,… — John Mackey Copy Share
Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and its role… — John Mackey Copy Share
I've been doing long-distance backpacking since 2002 when I hiked the Appalachian Trail. You start to calm down and relax and get into the… — John Mackey Copy Share
We knew it was going to be a market, and we knew it was a food market. Well, what kind of food market? It's… — John Mackey Copy Share
As a company grows, its purpose grows with it. It has the potential to evolve your purpose. — John Mackey Copy Share
