How Wealthy Do You Want To Be? Insights From Whole Foods Founder, John Mackey

In a recent interview with Shane Parrish, Whole Foods founder John Mackey talked a lot about wealth—what it means to him and what it doesn’t. He told a particularly compelling story about what he didn’t want wealth to look like for him.

He was going to meet with Jeff Bezos to discuss Amazon buying Whole Foods—you know, as one does—and the exact location of their meeting, Bezos’ boat house adjacent to his Lake Washington mansion, remained obscured until Mackey’s plane landed. Then, Mackey and his car were searched prior to entering, and after all the impersonal fanfare, he was left to conclude: