Thirst : a story of redemption, compassion, and a mission to bring clean water to the world / Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of charity: water ; with Lisa Sweetingham.
At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs, booze, and models. But 10 years in, desperately unhappy and morally bankrupt, he asked himself, "What would the exact opposite of my life look like?" Walking away from everything, Harrison spent the next 16 months on a hospital ship in West Africa and discovered his true calling. In 2006, with no money and less than no experience, Harrison founded charity: water. Today, his organization has raised over 300 million dollars to bring clean drinking water to more than 8.2 million people around the globe. Now Harrison recounts the twists and turns that built charity: water into one of the most trusted and admired nonprofits in the world. Renowned for its 100% donation model, bold storytelling, imaginative branding, and radical commitment to transparency, charity: water has disrupted how social entrepreneurs work while inspiring millions of people to join its mission of bringing clean water to everyone on the planet within our lifetime. Harrison outlines how to build a better charity, a better business, and a better life -- proving it's never too late to make a change.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524762841
- ISBN: 1524762849
- Physical Description: 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Currency, [2018]
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- Formatted Contents Note:
- Pure. Numb ; Poison ; Family ; Getting pure ; Slide ; "Wishy-washy, twinkly-twinkly piano, soft-rock American garbage" ; Lord Scott Harrison ; Pursuit ; Captured ; Escape ; Mercy -- Focus on the hope. A new day ; Patient number one ; Ship time ; Homesick ; "Actions, not words" ; "They drink this?" ; Mercy. ; Better to beg ; Africa time ; No strings attached ; Nonprofits for dummies ; Charity: water ; Three pillars ; True believers ; Vik ; Born in September ; Oblivious ; Running on empty -- Actions, not words. Radical transparency ; Do something ; Totally undisciplined ; Do better ; Rachel's gift ; Dirty brown laundry ; With no one looking over your shoulder ; Just keep going ; All the sound bites are true ; Chief water boy ; The spring ; Someone like you ; You are invited.
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