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Lewis HowesREBEKAH NEUMANN: Real Life Interview With WeWork Co-Founder
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Rebekah Neumann on WeGrow’s consciousness-based education and WeWork’s “we” mission
- Rebekah Neumann describes WeGrow’s mission as elevating consciousness by helping people discover their “superpowers,” expanding happiness, and applying those gifts in service to others.
- She argues traditional education overvalues narrow metrics and labels, and she rejects the idea that only some children are “gifted,” saying the responsibility lies with adults to recognize each child’s talents.
- She outlines WeGrow’s approach as balancing spirit, mind, and body through movement, nature-based learning, and a deliberate focus on the school’s culture and “vibration.”
- She explains WeGrow’s classroom structure as student-owned learning schedules with Montessori materials and mixed-age advancement, alongside project-based experiences like a weekly farm day and a student-run farm stand connected to philanthropy.
- She frames WeWork and WeGrow as movements rooted in “sharing and togetherness,” saying their growth depends on staying humble, avoiding ego, and aligning with a larger “we” consciousness.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasWeGrow is framed as a consciousness-elevation project, not just a school.
She describes WeGrow’s mission as “elevat[ing] the world’s consciousness,” specifically by “unleashing every human’s superpowers and expanding happiness,” and says the broader “collective we” is the umbrella for that purpose.
She rejects “gifted” sorting and places responsibility on adults to see every child’s strengths.
She says labeling only some kids as “gifted and talented” is “bogus,” arguing “every human is gifted and talented,” and that limiting the concept to narrow measures is “the issue… on the adults, not the children.”
WeGrow is designed around whole-child development and the learning environment’s “energy.”
She says WeGrow puts “equal emphasis and priority” on “spirit,” “mind,” and “body,” including a track for movement, time in nature, and a culture where kids “absorb the vibration” of the adults more than their words.
She argues many school problems are created by adult-made conditions, not children’s nature.
She criticizes making kids sit still, feeding them refined foods, and then “drug[ging] them with Ritalin,” and contrasts that with “plant-based foods,” nature exposure, and allowing movement when needed.
Student autonomy and self-pacing are central to WeGrow’s academic structure.
She describes students creating their own daily work schedule, using Montessori materials to “basically teach yourself,” with mixed ages enabling students to advance (e.g., a kindergarten student doing second-grade math).
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesLike, I don't believe in the concept of some kids being gifted and talented. I think that's one of the most bogus things I've ever heard of in my entire life. Every human is gifted and talented.
— Rebekah Neumann
It's all perfectly constructed. I think life is perfectly constructed for us to, if we kind of take the cues, become our best and most fulfilled self. That doesn't mean it's always easy.
— Rebekah Neumann
The mission of WeGrow, and quite honestly, the collective we that we're all living under, is to elevate the world's consciousness.
— Rebekah Neumann
We have really focused on redefining success to include fulfillment- happiness and generosity.
— Rebekah Neumann
The second you go into ego, it's game over. You disconnect from your blessings. You disconnect from your joy. You disconnect from your people.
— Rebekah Neumann
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SPEAKERS
Rebekah Neumann
guestWeWork co-founder and founder of WeGrow, known for shaping the company’s brand and community vision.
Lewis Howes
hostHost of the School of Greatness podcast and interviewer focused on personal development and entrepreneurship.
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