Matt Damon & Gary White On How A Small Idea Can Make A Global Impact EP 1248

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today's guests are Matt Damon and Gary White. Matt is the cofounder of Water.org & WaterEquity, as well as an actor, producer, and screenwriter. In 2006 he founded H20 Africa Foundation to raise awareness about water initiatives on the continent. Matt’s active participation in the work of Water.org & WaterEquity has positioned him as one of the world’s experts on water and sanitation issues. Gary White is the cofounder and CEO of Water.org & WaterEquity. In 1991 he launched Water Partners, now the international NGO known as Water.org. Today, he leads two organizations in creating and executing market-driven solutions to the global water crisis, driving innovations in the way water and sanitation projects are delivered and financed. Matt and Gary co-authored their new book, The Worth of Water: Our Story of Chasing Solutions to the World's Greatest Challenge In this episode, you will learnThe urgency of our global water crisis.How much time and effort is required for many people to access water.The amount of people who have benefited from the efforts of water.org.How much it costs to get one person access to clean water.And so much more! For more, go to: lewishowes.com/1248 Check out their new book: The Worth of Water: Our Story of Chasing Solutions to the World's Greatest Challenge

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0:00.0	Alright, well how could I help, right? What could I do?
0:03.0	And so I looked at a lot of these issues and it was really to my shock and disbelief
0:07.6	that the level to which water underpinned all of it.
0:10.1	And nobody was talking about it.
0:12.8	Welcome to the School of Greatness.
0:15.9	My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete, Turnlye Style Entrepreneur.
0:20.0	In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message
0:23.8	to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.
0:28.0	Thanks for spending some time with me today.
0:29.8	Now let the class begin.
0:36.3	Welcome back in one of the School of Greatness.
0:38.1	I am extremely excited about our guest today, Gary White and Matt Damon.
0:42.6	Good to see you guys.
0:43.6	Good to see you, Louis.
0:44.8	Right to be here.
0:45.8	I'm excited about this because about 10 years ago,
0:49.0	I started getting out of my own individual interests and desires of accumulating wealth
0:55.4	and success and looking good and accolades and all these things.
1:00.2	And I started to say, how can I serve the world in a better way beyond me?
1:05.0	And I started to dive into charity donations, certain water organizations
1:12.0	and also organization called Pancels of Promise,
1:15.0	which helps build schools for kids around the world
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