Say It Now (Walter Green)

3 Things (with Ric Elias)

Red Ventures

Ric Elias, Red Ventures, Society & Culture, Motivation, Inspiration, Self-improvement, Leadership, Business, Education, Careers

4.9 • 165 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Walter Green is a former CEO, a best-selling author, and a close friend to Ric for more than 30 years. But this episode focuses on the most recent chapter of Walter's life, and his work founding the "Say it Now" movement.

"Say It Now" inspires people to live a happier, more purposeful life by expressing more gratitude and by having "Living Tributes." The point is to honor people who have had a significant impact on us now - not at funerals, where it's too late. Ric and Walter discuss the original inspiration for Say It Now, how to practice gratitude in everyday life, and how to design your life for better outcomes.

If you enjoy this conversation, we recommend checking out Walter's recent TED Talk, called "Why we should eulogize the living." As Walter says - "it’s often too late, but never too soon."

This is 3 Things, with Walter Green.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Three Things with Rick Elias, featuring fascinating conversations with some of the world's most insightful people and three inspiring life lessons at the end of every episode.
0:14.0	Today's guest is Walter Green. He's a former CEO, a best-selling author, and he's been Rick's friend for more than 30 years.
0:25.1	But this episode focuses on the most recent chapter of Walter's life and his work founding the Say It Now movement.
0:26.6	Say It Now inspires people to live a happier, more purposeful life by expressing more gratitude
0:31.1	and by having living tributes.
0:33.2	The point is to honor people who have had a significant impact on us now, not at funerals where
0:37.8	it's too late. Rick and Walter discussed the original inspiration for say it now, how to practice
0:42.3	gratitude in everyday life, and how to design your life for better outcomes. If you enjoy this
0:46.9	conversation, we recommend checking out Walter's recent TEDx talk called Why We Should Eulogize
0:51.8	the Living, which is linked in our episode description.
0:54.8	As Walter says, it's often too late, but never too soon.
0:59.6	This is three things with Walter Green.
1:02.9	Today on the podcast, I have someone super special, and I know that, I say that a lot, but
1:10.0	you and nine have known each other for 30 years.
1:12.9	It's great to have you with me today, Walter.
1:15.4	Thanks for including me, Rick. I'm looking forward to our conversation.
1:18.5	I want to start kind of on your second act. I think it was about 26 years ago that you sold the company that you own and you were the CEO for also 26 years.
1:30.3	So it's kind of that middle point in your journey. I am very curious, how did you know it was time to sell your company?
1:37.3	Yeah, so the 27 year, 26, 27 year cycle, it took me 27 years to actually join this company when it was a
1:48.3	startup company. So those 27 years, I learned a lot and there was a lot of life there. But I had
1:55.3	that indelible impression that was caused by my father dying when I was 17 and he was 53 and I and his brother
2:04.6	died. My father, my uncle died at 53 and I thought, what if my life is not that long? I have been
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