Jay Shetty

Was there ever a time when you believed that Whole Foods was going to fail?

Hey everyone, welcome back to On Purpose, the place you come to become healthier, happier, and more healed.

I'm so grateful to have your ears and eyes for the next hour or so, and I'm really looking forward to diving in with today's guest.

Today's guest is John Mackey, an entrepreneur and co-founder and visionary of Whole Foods Market.

In his 44 years of service as CEO, the natural and organic grocer grew from a single store in Austin, Texas, to 540 stores in the US, UK, and Canada, with annual sales exceeding $22 billion.

John co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement and co-authored a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling book entitled Conscious Capitalism, Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business.

And then the follow-up, Conscious Leadership, Elevating Humanity Through Business.

John is also the co-author of The Whole Foods Diet, The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity, and The Whole Foods Cookbook.

And today we're talking about his latest book,

which is called The Whole Story, Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism.

It's available right now.

We're going to put the link in the comments.

I'd love for you to order this while you're listening along.

I promise you it won't disappoint.

Please welcome to On Purpose, John Mackey.

John, it's great to have you here.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, really grateful to have you here.

And I was saying to you just now before we started that I actually received conscious capitalism as such a pivotal moment in my life.

I just finished three years of living as a monk.