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John Mackey

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

And so he's got chief responsibility for it.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

So I'm involved in all the major strategic decisions.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

I'm involved in the, we have regular meetings, executive team meetings.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

So a lot of the vision is not solely mine, but I was a driver of the vision and what we're trying to do.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

It was my idea.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

I'm the ultimate creator, although I have other co-founders.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

But I was the one that brought everybody together.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

Entrepreneurs bring people together and create enterprises.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

So I like to say that I brought money, wisdom, passion together.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

but I'm not gonna work as hard at Love Life as I did at Whole Foods Market.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

I don't have that, I'm gonna be 72 years old in a month.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

So while I'm vital and healthy, I just don't, I'm not young.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

So I can't do the things that I could do in my 20s and 30s and 40s.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

That's just reality.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

So I'm somewhere between deeply involved and tangentially involved, someplace in between.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

Yeah.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

But I think about love life.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

I mean, I think about it a lot every single day.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

So it is the main thing.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 495: John Mackey: From Living Above a Store to $13.7 Billion Exit - The Whole Foods Story

It's the main focus of my life besides my marriage.