Philanthropy with CEO of Charity: Water, Scott Harrison

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Charity Water’s leader Scott Harrison and I chat about his uncontrollable lifestyle during his youth, how he transformed his mindset and chose service over selfishness. We’ll learn all about the birth of his organization, its mission and how it has improved millions of lives by taking clean water to remote communities. A frivolous past can’t overshadow a bright future, how do you want to spend your life?

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The Power Points:

• (00:44) - A day in the shoes of a nonprofit organization leader — “Waking up at 5 AM and spending the next 12 to 15 hours visiting communities that need help, communities that are drinking dirty water.”
• (03:50) - On Charity Water’s mission and how it has built a massive community of supporters with the power of storytelling — “About 1/10 of every human alive on the planet today is drinking contaminated diseased water from swamps, ponds or rivers, simply because of the conditions they were born into.”
• (07:47) - Privilege check: how millions of lives spin around water while most of us take it for granted — “That sounds so crazy! Imagine your full work life or your school life being used just to collect dirty water.”
• (16:14) - A quiet childhood, an unrestrained youth, a crushing realization and a life changing transformation — “I realized that I was a worthless, degenerate scumbag and that I had contributed absolutely no good to society for ten years.”
• (24:20) - Halting the selfish pursuit, finding purpose and choosing a life of service — “I think a lot of people feel like their past defines their future. There’s a lot of guilt and a lot of shame, but it’s never too late to change your past.”
• (41:00) - Raising compassionate kids, building empathy instead of empires, and how ignorance is a choice — “It’s asking yourself what things are not okay on your watch and then what could you do about it with passionate, purposeful work with high integrity.”
• (50:21) - How to manage failure and — “Think about the rule of life: How do you want to live your life? How do you want to be remembered?”

Resources

• The Spring
• Thirst by Scott Harrison
• The Billionaire Who Wasn’t by Conor O’Clery

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