John Mackey

So I asked him to trust me.

I'll get it.

And he did.

So we announced it publicly.

Whole Foods Market stock rocketed up.

And it went up even more after I went on the roadshow and began to tout it to the investment community.

Anthony ended up getting 32 million.

So it was a huge win for him.

But it was even a bigger win for Whole Foods because Bread and Circus had tremendous expertise in produce, meat, and seafood.

We put that into Whole Foods and it transformed our company.

That was the foundation for the explosive growth that Whole Foods Market underwent over the next 30 years.

When that merger happened, we were at $100 million in sales.

Thirty years later, we were over $20 billion in sales.

It was also a win for the entire natural and organic foods industry, because our growth enabled

literally tens of thousands of farmers, ranchers, food manufacturers from all around the natural and organic foods industry to have tremendous financial success due to Whole Foods Market's success.

That was the larger community that all benefited from it.

So if you want to be good at win-win-win, you have to practice it.

But here's the thing.

It's a skill, but it's a skill very...

very worthwhile to master because it's going to serve you in so many different ways in your life.