Rick Rubin

Adam Neumann sits down with Rick Rubin to discuss community, beliefs, failure, and the idea that everything can still go right after his time at WeWork: 0:00 Adam Neumann 7:16 Early Failures, Community, and the Search for Purpose 14:58 GreenDesk, Traction, and the First Signs of Success 18:16 Kibbutz Roots and the Idea of Belonging 24:22 Rebekah, Spiritual Awakening, and Kabbalah 32:06 The Power of Pause and Inner Work 38:03 Building the Vision for WeWork 44:13 Faith, Surrender, and Defining Belief 48:49 Launching WeWork and Early Constraints 55:39 Scaling Fast and What Drove Growth 59:46 SoftBank, Masa, and Hypergrowth 1:07:30 Scaling Pressure and Expanding the Vision 1:15:53 Looking Back on Investors and Decisions 1:23:32 The $20 Billion Deal That Didn’t Happen 1:27:38 The Moment Everything Changed 1:36:30 Leadership, Identity, and Letting Go 1:51:53 Stepping Down and Losing Control 2:02:00 The Fallout and Public Unraveling 2:11:57 Litigation and Total Powerlessness 2:18:30 Reflection, Meditation, and Rebuilding 2:26:33 The Seed of Flow 2:36:00 Designing a New Kind of Living 2:48:21 What If It All Goes Right 2:48:58 Flow and What Comes Next

✔️NEW EPISODE: “There are a lot of things I knew I was giving away when I stepped down, but the one thing I completely missed was that I was giving away my narrative. Truth and authenticity are the biggest tools that we have; so even though I gave away the mic, and let everyone else run with it, somehow the truth still floated to the top.” -Adam Neumann, WeWork

✔️NEW EPISODE: "There is no way to get to lasting greatness without patience. You could taste it, but it's not going to last. I think if you want lasting blessings or lasting greatness, you need patience. You need to be aware that you're not in control. Accept the fact that sometimes, even though you don't know and it's scary, life is not about if you fell down-life is only about how you get up." -Adam Neumann, WeWork

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