Ep 170 - Clean Water For All with Scott Harrison
What's Next with Eric Wood
Eric Wood
5 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Scott Harrison is the founder and current CEO of charity: water, a nonprofit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world. Scott has been recognized on Fortune magazine's list of 40 Under 40, Forbes' Impact 30, and Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business, where he earned the #10 spot. He is currently a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and author of the New York Times Bestselling book Thirst.
Today on the show, the guys discuss Scott's life as a nightclub promoter in NYC, how to change bad habits and tips for living a fulfilling life. Other topics include:
(3:00-7:45) - Spiritual, emotional, moral bankruptcy. Life as a nightclub promoter in New York.
(7:45-13:40) - The moment Scott changed his life
(13:40-17:30) - How to change bad habits. Scott's all or nothing approach.
(17:30-22:10) - How charity:water got started - https://www.charitywater.org/
(22:10-29:20) - Specifics of running a non-profit. Tell True Stories
(29:20-33:45) - How to identify places that need water. How to find your passion and fulfillment.
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| 0:00.0 | We're doing Madison Square Garden every three and a half days. |
| 0:07.0 | Wow. |
| 0:08.0 | So I was at the garden in New York City with my wife for a concert and I'm like, Charity Water is helping |
| 0:13.0 | this many people, you know, when we start work on Monday, by Wednesday noon, you know, 20,000 |
| 0:20.0 | people have gotten access to clean water. |
| 0:21.6 | And then we're going to do it again in the next three and a half days. |
| 0:23.6 | So that's, you know, that's how we kind of think about it. |
| 0:26.6 | Every minute, every second, someone is getting clean water as the movement grows. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next and like your best yet. |
| 0:39.8 | Our next guest is Scott Harrison, and Scott is the founder and CEO of Charity Water, a nonprofit that has mobilized over 1 million donors around the world to fund over 28,000 water projects in 26 countries that will serve more than 8.2 million people. |
| 0:56.3 | Scott has been recognized on Fortune's 40 under 40 list, Forbes Impact 30 list, and was ranked |
| 1:01.0 | number 10 in fast companies, 100 most creative people in business. He has an incredible story |
| 1:06.6 | of transformation that can be heard in full in his book, Thirst, and we will unpack some of that |
| 1:11.4 | journey here on the podcast. If you haven't already, please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast |
| 1:16.3 | wherever you tune in weekly. And also, if you haven't already, please go to Amazon and |
| 1:20.2 | pre-order my book, tackle what's next. And the link to that is in the show notes. Thanks and enjoy. |
| 1:29.6 | Scott, welcome to the show, brother. |
| 1:34.6 | Hey, thanks for having me. This will be fun. Yeah, I've been looking forward to this for a long time. |
| 1:41.9 | A mutual friend of ours, Brad Lomeneck, connected us. So I have respected your work. I've got to learn your story. And I'm so excited for those that haven't heard it to hear it. But let's jump right in to the good stuff. |
| 1:47.0 | And I've heard, I've heard and read you say that you declared spiritual, moral, and emotional bankruptcy before starting charity water. |
| 1:55.5 | And that stemmed from you working in the nightclub scene in New York City. So, for me and the listeners, what was your role |
| 2:02.8 | in those nightclubs? And how did you get into that line of work in the first place? Yeah. Well, |
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