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🗓️ 12 February 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Scott Harrison is the founder of charity: water, one of the world’s most impactful and highly-rated charities.
In this episode, you’ll learn how Scott walked away from his “degenerate” life as a nightclub promoter; how volunteering on a hospital ship inspired him to launch a charity despite having no money and no experience; and the life and business lessons he’s learned while raising nearly $1 billion without any government involvement.
Scott also talks about:
- His “Prodigal Son” journey away from faith and virtue and back
- How and why he finally walked away from a superficial life of drugs, gambling, “bottles and models”
- His life-changing experience on a hospital ship in Liberia
- Advice for taking a daunting challenge, step-by-step
- Why access to clean water is ultimately a money problem
- Bringing storytelling and Nike-inspired marketing principles to the world of charity
- What he’s learned about hiring, delegating, and leading teams
- Why he still doesn’t think big enough at times
Connect with Scott:
- His Instagram
- His book, Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
Scott’s charitable cause:
- Donate directly to charity: water here
- The Spring membership
- 100% of net proceeds from Scott’s book go to charity: water projects around the world
Interested in building wealth without losing your soul? Join the BetterLife Tribe here
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0:00.0 | I mean, I used to sell Voss water in the nightclubs for $10 a bottle. |
0:07.5 | And I remember selling 10 bottles to people as they would come in $100 a water and they |
0:12.6 | wouldn't open a single bottle. |
0:14.6 | Was I drinking champagne or vodka instead? |
0:16.8 | So I think there was just something so stark in the contrast of people don't have the most |
0:22.4 | basic need for human life. |
0:25.0 | And then the excess on the other end, we charge $10 for water that doesn't even go |
0:29.9 | opened. |
0:30.9 | Welcome to A Better Life with Brandon Turner. |
0:36.7 | That is me, where world-class guests share their wisdom on building a better life. |
0:40.4 | Join me as we explore the habits, the actions, and the beliefs that have guided their journey |
0:44.3 | with the aim of helping you apply those lessons to your own. all your bigger life. Scott Harrison. |
1:04.7 | Thanks for coming on the show. |
1:05.6 | What's going on? |
1:06.4 | This will be fun. |
1:07.2 | Dude, I got to tell you, I may have told you on the phone when I spoke with you a long time ago, but I'll say it again now and then I'll actually get |
1:13.2 | into the podcast. So I, a year ago, decided to start this thing called The Better Life Tribe, |
1:17.4 | and I decided at that moment, due to a lot of circumstances, I was going to make the whole thing |
1:20.9 | a nonprofit and some level, give away all the money. And I said to a buddy at that time, I said, you know, of all the people in the world |
1:28.0 | that I want to meet, the one person, I was at dinner, I said, the one person I want to meet more |
1:31.9 | than anybody else is Scott Harrison from Charity Water. And I said, because I think that guy knows how to |
1:36.1 | run a nonprofit better than anybody I know. And I had read, you know, thirst, and I knew a bit of what you'd done. And the next day I'm on the phone with John Rulin. |
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