Famous Failures Scott Harrison on Transforming Himself and Ending the Water Crisis
Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water, and the New York Times Bestselling author of Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World. In 13 years, with the help of more than 1 million donors worldwide, charity: water has raised more than $400 million and funded more than 44,000 water projects in 28 countries. When completed, those projects will provide over 10 million people with clean, safe drinking water.
If you would like to help bring clean water to the world, consider joining charity:water’s monthly donation program, The Spring at thespring.com. If you sign up, forward your receipt to rocket@ozanvarol.com and I will send you a free, personalized, and autographed copy of my forthcoming book Think Like a Rocket Scientist.
In this episode Scott and I discuss:
- How Scott transformed himself from hard-partying nightclub promoter with substance abuse problems to a global humanitarian organization founder
- How Scott’s first humanitarian mission in war-torn Liberia inspired the creation of charity: water
- Why being a philanthropic outsider was an advantage for Scott when he started charity: water
- Scott’s three key elements to great storytelling
- Why Scott celebrated the workers who crashed a million-dollar well drilling rig
- What Scott would say to his younger self who founded charity: water
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