'Do what you love'

Now that we're putting the nail in WeWork's coffin apparently, I can tell this story. (Also, 5 other things worth reading today.)

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It seems like we’re all nearly to put the final nail in WeWork’s coffin. So, before time runs out I’d like to make sure that I share my best WeWork story.

It goes like this: A few years ago, before my daughter was born, I was in New Hampshire with my wife, visiting her grandma in a nursing home.

She was frail then, but still beautiful. Toward the end of our visit, my wife’s grandma locked eyes with me squarely across the room.

"Do what you love!" she exclaimed.

Wow, I thought. That was a truly poignant and unexpected piece of advice.

Then, I realized what I was wearing: a WeWork t-shirt.

"Do What You Love” was the company’s slogan — well, one of its slogans, I guess…