Author: John Mackey

Quotes

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 just feeds on itself.

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 just feeds on itself.

- John Mackey

The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.

The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.

- John Mackey

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 slower rhythm of nature.

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 slower rhythm of nature.

- John Mackey

Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist.

Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist.

- John Mackey

Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those.

Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those.

- John Mackey

We do take seriously our responsibility, and growing ability, to educate people about healthy eating and giving them greater access to nourishing and affordable fresh food.

We do take seriously our responsibility, and growing ability, to educate people about healthy eating and giving them greater access to nourishing and affordable fresh food.

- John Mackey

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 it's not just a job.

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 it's not just a job.

- John Mackey

One of the sad things about retiring is that you just become increasingly irrelevant. The world flows around you, and you don't seem to be impacting it any longer.

One of the sad things about retiring is that you just become increasingly irrelevant. The world flows around you, and you don't seem to be impacting it any longer.

- John Mackey

I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.

I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.

- John Mackey

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