Rick Shadyac: President and CEO of ALSAC | #ThePlaybook 311

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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

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🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Rick Shadyac, President and CEO of ALSAC, the awareness and fundraising organization of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, shares his thoughts on: [3:26] - What St. Jude founder Danny Thomas was able to accomplish despite only possessing a 10th-grade education [4:34] - Why courage is a differentiator for businesses and the power of human compassion to create change [9:14] - How a personal transformation helped him to understand his responsibility to give back and make the world a better place [11:08] - Why people who have the least tend to be the most giving and charitable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the Playbook, I have Rick Shadyak, CEO and President of Allsack, that's St.
0:05.4	Jude Children's Research Hospital.
0:07.0	One of the greatest charities in the entire world, the most abundant charity that I know.
0:11.2	When I toured St. Jews, it it changed my life and that's because of
0:15.0	humility. We're gonna learn about asking. Remember you can't get what you
0:20.3	don't ask for and Rick's gonna show us what we're asking for and why.
0:24.0	Please join me on this episode of The Playbook.
0:27.0	This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook,
0:30.0	where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk
0:35.4	about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made them champions
0:40.8	on the field and in the board
0:43.0	I'm your host David Melzer.
0:45.0	This is Dave Melzer with entrepreneurs the
0:47.8	playbook and I have a philanthropianor today.
0:50.8	He's been a mentor of mine for over a decade, a friend of mine for over a decade, and I just learned to say his name correctly.
0:56.0	So welcome to the playbook, the president and CEO of Alsack, Rick Shadiac.
1:02.0	Welcome to the playbook. Thanks for joining me.
1:04.0	It's a privilege to be here, Dave. Good to see you again, man.
1:07.0	It's so good to see you. I get excited about things.
1:10.0	Brett Farr, for example, aired today on the playbook, and I am more excited about talking to you than the Hall of Fame quarterbacks because nothing changed my life more than when I got to visit St. Jude's Hospital.
1:22.4	I have toured the entire world from the White House to Air Force One, all types of different things around the world, beautiful, the big eight wonders of the world.
1:31.1	Well, the ninth wonder the world is St St. Jude and I don't think any
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