A Thirst For Good: Scott Harrison

Impact the World with Lee Harris

Lee Harris

Education, Entrepreneurship, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Business, Self-improvement

5 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Scott is the founder of Charity: Water, a non-profit organization that brings international awareness and fundraising efforts to the tragic global water crisis and the world’s (then) 1.1 billion people without clean water to drink. He is the author of the New York Times Bestselling book, Thirst and Scott has been recognized on Fortune magazine’s list of 40 Under 40 and Forbes’ Impact 30. In this inspirational episode, Lee and Scott explore: (02:38) How the idea of Charity: Water came to be. (04:31) He speaks to hitting rock bottom and what led him to volunteer in West Africa. (07:02) His third day in Africa and the empathy that drove him to action. (15:53) Why he uses inspirational messaging in his fundraising efforts. (19:15) His growth journey personally and why he is never content even after raising millions. (25:33) The impact on women who collect water 6-7 hours every day. (41:30) His book, Thirst, the process of writing the book, and the effect its had. To learn more about Charity: Water: https://www.charitywater.org/ To read his book: https://amzn.to/3UJIfFb FB: https://www.facebook.com/charitywater IG: https://www.instagram.com/charitywater/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/charitywater Join Lee for his wildly popular 4-week channeled experience, INITIATION. You will also be supported by short 'calibration' videos to assist with integrating the channeled transmissions and have access to a private Community Forum. Details and registration here: https://www.leeharrisenergy.com/initiation The views and opinions expressed by guests of Impact the World are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views or position of the host, of Lee Harris Energy LLC, or its staff or management. Any content provided by our guests are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, anyone or anything.

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0:00.0	There's probably a lot of people, you know, listening and there is an injustice that is just not okay on your watch.
0:07.7	It's just not okay. Maybe it's, you know, kids being trafficked. Maybe it's people going to bed hungry every night.
0:14.8	You know, what that issue is. I wanted to kind of give people a playbook and say, maybe you actually could pursue that.
0:26.3	Welcome to Impact the World, where this week I am speaking to none other than Scott Harrison.
0:33.4	Scott is the founder and CEO of Charity Water. Many of you may have heard of charity water over the years.
0:40.3	They do an incredible job with the way that they share the stories of what they do,
0:45.3	which is helping bring clean water to every person on the planet.
0:50.3	That's their mission.
0:51.3	And they've been doing this for 16 years. I first heard of them a little over four years ago.
0:57.0	Immediately we became one of the supporters each month because I was so impacted by the work they do and the way that they do it.
1:06.0	So it was a real delight for me to get to speak to Scott directly today and ask him some questions
1:12.1	not just about charity water, but about how he found his way to this life of service that he has
1:19.1	committed himself to. He's a very inspiring and energized and creative guy. So I hope you enjoy this
1:26.1	conversation. And as ever, if you enjoy our show,
1:30.0	it really helps if you leave us a rating, a review or hit subscribe. But for now, here is Scott
1:36.7	Harrison and you can learn more about charity water at charitywater.org. So welcome, Scott, to Impact the World.
1:46.9	And as I just shared with you,
1:48.6	it's a complete delight for me to have you here.
1:51.5	Thanks for having me.
1:52.3	This will be fun.
1:53.8	Well, the podcast is called Impact the World.
1:56.6	And just in my own personal life,
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