John Mackey Browse All Authors Top 29 quotes by John Mackey 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 for me. John Mackey me you life travel What I know is that we no longer have free enterprise capitalism in health care; it's not a system any longer where people are able to innovate. It's not based on voluntary exchange. The government is directing it. John Mackey care health government people Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of public businesses. John Mackey goals important business successful Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and its role in society have been distorted. John Mackey free capitalism progress society 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 you calm relax nature I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of cognitive intelligence, but that's not always true the other way around. John Mackey intelligence leadership people way 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 by a client. He ended up being CEO of a hospital management company before he retired, called Lifemark. John Mackey long-time dad time long 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 beginning, our business has existed to meet the needs and desires of multiple constituencies: customers, team members, vendors, shareholders, the community. John Mackey community team money business I mean, honestly, we talk about health care. The best solution is not to need health care. John Mackey