After I arrived in the United States, I realized that in the army, Israelis learn how to be part of something bigger than themselves.
If your business is the right business, then money will never be an issue.
WeWork has always believed that we are better together, and a large part of that is learning from others through meaningful connections and experiences.
I learned a lot in the naval officers' course. It gave me a lot.
There's no one person that can provide all the insights I need to run the business. There are so many aspects to WeWork: Digital, real estate, operations, space, and design. I pick and choose people who can help in each aspect.
I believe that if you regularly make the right choice - and it takes practice; it takes effort - the more you make the right choice, the easier it gets.
If it's servicing a real need, that doesn't go away in a recession. If you're serving a true need, and if you have a loyal group of customers that are falling... As the world goes through a tough time, these customers will stay with you.
If more people follow their superpowers - and everyone has one - then we're going to be better as a society.
Let's not look at working hard as a negative; let's look at it as an uplifting opportunity for us to be better.
How do you change the world? Bring people together. Where is the easiest big place to bring people together? In the work environment.
