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The Jim Fortin Podcast

Ep 297: INTERVIEW: Tackling Global Water Shortages

The Jim Fortin Podcast

Jim Fortin

Self-improvement, Education

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Start Your Transformation Now Scott Harrison, CEO of charity: water, discusses lack of access to clean water for 771 million people globally. His stories reveal how entire communities are empowered through clean water access, allowing girls to attend school, mothers to start businesses, and health to be restored.  Transformational Takeaway: While the global water crisis can seem overwhelming, this episode underscores that every one of us has the power to make a real difference through small, consistent acts of service. When we shift from self-focus to serving others, we tap into our innate compassion and humanity. What simple act of service, however small, could you engage in today to be part of the solution to the world’s immense needs? Mentioned Resources: For more information on charity: water, or to donate, visit: https://www.jimfortin.com/charity-water-12-22 Click on the blue “Donate Now” button and choose to “Give Once” as a one-time donation OR choose “Monthly” and join The Spring, which is the monthly donating community. Using this link allows you and us to track the lifetime impact of the Jim Fortin community! Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Transform Your Life from the Inside Out podcast. This week, I actually am

0:07.6

interviewing someone, and I don't have a lot of interviews here on the podcast, though I'm going to

0:12.2

start doing them. I'm interviewing Scott Harrison, and Scott is the CEO of Charity Water. Charity

0:20.5

Water is an international organization, and what they do is they bring

0:25.3

water through funding water projects in remote parts of the world. And they will bring literally

0:32.7

water to communities that have no wells, no water infrastructure, or any way to get water to the

0:40.6

community, they will come in and they will build wells and water systems for communities.

0:47.2

Now, until I had Scott on the podcast, I obviously know when I talk about water here every so often in the podcast,

0:55.9

it is a global problem. And there are many villages where women will literally walk the entire day,

1:03.1

I mean the entire day, just to get water for the family, and they'll do this every single day.

1:09.9

A couple of months back, my program,

1:12.7

the Transformational Coaching Program, we raised about $125,000 to fund water projects. As a result,

1:20.1

I'm having a conversation with Scott about charity water. Now, how does this tie into transformation?

1:29.9

As you can tell when you're listening,

1:37.0

Scott's very passionate about Charity Water for good reason. And what I wanted to talk about, and it really didn't happen, is how he transformed his life to do it, because you'll hear him talk about how he wasted a lot of his life.

1:47.3

But anyway, what's really important is that you'll learn about Charity Water.

1:52.0

And then in addition, what will come through at the end of our time together

1:56.0

is what you hear me talking about all the time.

1:59.3

Living your life for a greater cause,

2:01.7

living your life to serve in I-N-E-A-Y-N-I, the ancient principle of reciprocity, and you'll hear

2:08.7

Scott say that he that he lives that way. No question about it, an eye-opening interview,

2:15.6

one that I was awed by, I was floored by what he's doing,

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