236 : The Wild Story of How Charity Water Started with Scott Harrison
The Chris Harder Show
Chris Harder
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In This Episode You Will Learn About:
- What inspired Scott to start CharityWater
- Sending images of human suffering to an e-mail list of party contacts
- Why we need to give to find happiness
- Cutting through political differences for the common good
- Sharing your story to inspire others
- Getting recurring revenue for a charity
Resources:
- Learn more: charitywater.org
- Instagram: @charitywater
- Read: Thirst
- Donate here: charitywater.org/fortheloveofmoney
Show Notes:
I have been looking forward to sit down and talk with Scott Harrison, founder of Charity Water and author of the book Thirst, for quite a while. When I read that book, I could not put it down. His story, from a wild upbringing to his young life and what led him to building one of the biggest charities on the planet will inspire you. He lives out the motto of this podcast: when good people make good money, they do great things. He founded Charity Water in 2006, and since then has raised more than $350 million, creating clean drinking water for nearly 10 million people. You are going to feel so inspired and so dang good after listening to this episode.
Question Highlights:
- What was the transition like from club promoter to working on Mercy Ships?
- Did you think "What did I do?" or was it a relief?
- In your party years, did you have a gut feeling that this was not fulfilling?
- Do you think we need a form of contribution to be happy in the long run?
- Why give my money to charities solving problems overseas when there are so many problems at home?
- What is one of the most positive moments of generosity in your experiences so far?
- Why did you write the book Thirst?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I asked myself the question what would the opposite of a degenerate scumbag life look like and I thought |
| 0:07.8 | well what if I spent one year as a payback almost as a tithe for the 10 years that I'd wasted, and I went and tried to serve others |
| 0:15.6 | and see where that would take me. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome, everybody, this is for the love of money where we are making you |
| 0:27.4 | unapologetic about your pursuit of success by sharing the tools, tips and |
| 0:32.3 | stories of those who have already made it. |
| 0:35.0 | My name is Chris Harder, and each week I will bring you incredible guests |
| 0:40.0 | in order to prove that when good people make good money, they do great things. |
| 0:44.8 | Hey everybody, welcome back to another incredible episode of For the Love of Money. I have been |
| 0:53.7 | waiting to do this episode for quite some time. I'm going to sit down with Scott Harrison, |
| 0:58.1 | the founder of Charity Water, and he's also the author of the book Thirst. Now here's why I have been |
| 1:03.8 | waiting to do this episode for quite some time is I read the book Thirst on |
| 1:08.1 | Scott and his journey and why he founded Charity Water and I couldn't put it down. |
| 1:14.3 | It was so good. |
| 1:16.0 | I mean his story from his wild upbringing, |
| 1:19.1 | to his wild days as a young man to, you know, what led him to starting one of the biggest best most popular |
| 1:26.6 | charities on the planet will absolutely inspire you he absolutely lives out the entire motto of this podcast. |
| 1:36.1 | When good people make good money, they do great things. |
| 1:40.2 | I want to help you make great money and do great things as well. |
| 1:46.0 | Except not everybody's been given the same fair chance |
| 1:50.0 | when it comes to their finances as the person next to him. |
| 1:53.0 | Not everyone's been born on third base with the information and the habits |
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