Rick Elias is a plane crash survivor.

TED Talk speaker and CEO of Red Ventures, a multi-billion dollar company.

On this show, you'll hear conversations Rick feels lucky to have had with leaders, athletes, and innovators.

Plus, three things you can learn from each.

It's two people, 20 minutes, and three things with Rick Elias.

Today we'll hear a conversation with Rick's good friend and former CEO of Starbucks,

Howard Schultz, who just announced this weekend that he's strongly considering running

for president in 2020.

Rick spoke with him last year about his childhood, servant leadership, and that one time

Bill Gates Sr. helped him stand up to a bully. This is three things with Rick Elias.

All right, I got a confession to make, I was giddy when Howard said I would be happy to come.

Well, first off, I'm honored to be here. I'm a huge fan of your company. I'm a huge fan of Rick and his leadership.

And if I could share anything with you today, it'd be my pleasure. In the brief meetings we had this morning with some

other groups, what I spoke about was that it is a time in America and around the world where

I think we all need to recognize that we can't rely on governments, that there is a lack of leadership and truth, and that we as citizens,

as business people, business leaders, and corporations, the rules of engagement have changed,

and we need to do much more. And looking at what Red Ventures has done for its employees,

the community, and how you're organized, it's really a

it's a quintessential model for America. This is the moment in America where we're all going

to be asked as we get older, you know, where were you? What did you do? What did you say?

How did you help your community? I really feel strongly

that this is a moment in time where leadership is really required. We study leadership. We know

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