John Mackey Quotes

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• Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43 teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days, that adds up to a five-pound bag of… Adds
• People need to eat whole food plant foods, primarily... whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. That diet supports our lives. We ought to live… Any
• Snatam Kaur is a yogini, and I find her music deeply spiritual. I feel more love and I feel more peace when I listen to… Deeply
• I love my cooking tools because I enjoy cooking - a Vitamix for smoothies and a rice cooker for steel-cut oats. I travel with a… Cooker
• Human beings are made up of many different values, and sometimes those values are in tension with each other. Beings
• Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those. Customers
• Good leaders need to be able to connect to all of those around them. This is especially true at Whole Foods, where we have a… Able
• The stakeholder approach to business sees integration rather than separation, and sees how things fit together. Approach
• The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It divides it up… Analytical
• Your typical business just measures the metrics that have to do with the profitability of the business one way or another. But you can have… Business
• We believe that business is good because it creates value. It is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange; it is noble because it… Based
• Free-enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans… Aspire
• My dad for a long time was an accounting professor at Rice University. And then he went out on his own, and he got hired… Accounting
• I dropped out of college for the last time in 1977. College
• At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place. From the very… Almost Antithetical
• I like games that are complex - the deeper you get into the game, the more there is to learn. Complex
• The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time. Actions
• More than once in the history of Whole Foods Market, the company was unable to collectively evolve until I myself was able to evolve -… Able
• Examine our every action through the lens of how we would feel if it were to become front page news. Action
• In general, when you travel, you get into a different reality and are able to more accurately reflect on your ordinary life. Hiking does that… Able

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