I believe that when you do what you love, you find higher levels of satisfaction that can compensate for lower income.
As the world becomes a more digital place, we cannot forget about the human connection.
The most precious resource we have is time.
Before WeWork, I had a baby clothing company. When I started out, I had no real contacts in the garment business and no mentor to guide me on how things worked. I just had an idea to put pads on the baby clothes on to protect the baby's knees.
How do you change the world? Bring people together. Where is the easiest big place to bring people together? In the work environment.
Let's not look at working hard as a negative; let's look at it as an uplifting opportunity for us to be better.
I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.
Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give.
I met with my spiritual teacher and went to a therapist. I realized that if I came from a positive place, not only will everyone feel better and I will feel happier, but the company will work better.
When I met my wife, I was focused on making money but failing miserably.
Technology has made it possible to order food, buy clothes, get a ride - anything you can think of, really - at the touch of a button. But what about having the right people near you when you need them?
I learned a lot in the naval officers' course. It gave me a lot.
If you are open-minded and you let the universe come in, you never know where things might go.
WeWork is my fifth venture. I failed in my first, second and third, had mediocre success in the fourth.
As far as WeWork is concerned, we're not competing with co-working spaces; we're not competing with office suites. We're competing with work. We think there's a new way of working in the world, and it's just better. For the millenials and everybody that understands collaboration and the sharing economy, that's just the right way for them.
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.
Finishing what you started is important.
Mentorship plays such an important role in business - we know it's a must - and I believe schools should embrace it in a much fuller way.
Huge success is very hard to come by.
Serving in the Israeli Army taught me what it means to be part of something greater than yourself.
