Almost every morning, I work out or meditate or do yoga. If I go days without meditating, people will feel it in the office for sure. I have a son who gets up at 7 a.m., so I do all that stuff before and then I spend time with him.
I like to walk to work. Our office moved a couple of years ago, so I eventually moved to [stay] within walking distance. I use [the time] for phone calls, and I do a lot of walking meetings. That was one thing that bonded me with Adam [Neumann, WeWork’s CEO] when I first started. We would do some one-on-ones just walking the city. People used to say the best way to talk to your teenage kids was to drive with them because you’re going somewhere and don’t have to make eye contact, so it would allow them to open up. I believe in that.
I can be extremely focused pretty quickly, almost anywhere. I can just shut things out. I will flip open my computer, and then I’m in it. I can do work in these short bursts. I’ve done work in crazy spots. I was at my cousin’s [baby] shower, and a huge crisis came in, and I was stealing local Wi-Fi. I ran a board call with my son at the dentist.
Time she wakes up: 5:30 a.m.
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