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Shari Arison is absolutely amazing. Shari is an American
Host:
00:00:25
born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist. She's the owner
Host:
00:00:29
of Arison investments, which is made up of several different
Host:
00:00:32
companies and also philanthropic organizations. And her
Host:
00:00:36
philosophy, I think you're gonna find fresh and radical and very
Host:
00:00:41
unique. And so she is also an author, Activate Your Goodness
Host:
00:00:44
and The Doing Good Model. And so she is here to talk to us about
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00:00:49
what that means, doing good. So, Shari, welcome to the show.
Shari Arison:
00:00:52
Thank you very much. I'm happy to be here.
Host:
00:00:54
So you have this philosophy, Shari, doing good is
Host:
00:00:58
good business. So can you just tell us, like, what does that
Host:
00:01:01
mean, and how did you kind of come up with that?
Shari Arison:
00:01:04
Well, after working many, many years in
Shari Arison:
00:01:07
different fields, in business, I'm in finance, real estate,
Shari Arison:
00:01:12
infrastructure, water, renewable energy and salt. And alongside
Shari Arison:
00:01:16
that, I also have several philanthropic organizations,
Shari Arison:
00:01:20
Family Foundation, a volunteer organization and a spiritual
Shari Arison:
00:01:23
organization. What I realized is that do good for people and for
Shari Arison:
00:01:28
the planet, and you can still profit in everything that you
Shari Arison:
00:01:32
do. So the vision became doing good, and all the values that we
Shari Arison:
00:01:36
implement became the doing good model. The doing good model has
Shari Arison:
00:01:39
13 values, some of the values that are implemented are, for
Shari Arison:
00:01:44
instance, financial freedom, because we're in finance and we
Shari Arison:
00:01:48
have a bank through the doing good model, we realize that
Shari Arison:
00:01:51
being in finance, we can really educate people and give them the
Shari Arison:
00:01:55
tools to make the right choices so that they can prosper and
Shari Arison:
00:01:59
grow. So that's an example. Another example is in
Shari Arison:
00:02:02
sustainability. Our real estate and infrastructure company
Shari Arison:
00:02:06
builds 100% sustainable so since we have this sustainable
Shari Arison:
00:02:09
information, why not implement sustainability throughout all of
Shari Arison:
00:02:13
our companies and all of our organizations? So that's how we
Shari Arison:
00:02:16
take value by value and create practical tools for
Shari Arison:
00:02:20
implementation across the board. You know, it's funny for years,
Shari Arison:
00:02:24
I'm talking years back when I talked about sustainability,
Shari Arison:
00:02:27
when it wasn't even a word that anybody understood. The main
Shari Arison:
00:02:31
issue was, how can you build sustainable and make profit? And
Shari Arison:
00:02:35
we've proven that it can be done. We've made more money over
Shari Arison:
00:02:39
the years building sustainable, and we've shown a profit, a
Shari Arison:
00:02:42
growing profit, over the years in all of our businesses. And I
Shari Arison:
00:02:45
truly believe that when you are value based and you truly care,
Shari Arison:
00:02:50
but I mean authentically care about people, about your
Shari Arison:
00:02:52
employees, about your customers, about, you know, people, and the
Shari Arison:
00:02:55
future of our planet, you also profit.
Host:
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Sp let's talk about the planet for just a second,
Host:
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because that's a part of this that you also feel like any
Host:
00:03:03
investment that you have made to protect the environment is
Host:
00:03:06
something that has just come back directly in a bottom line
Host:
00:03:10
profit.
Shari Arison:
00:03:10
Yes, definitely. And I think everything's
Shari Arison:
00:03:13
integrated. I mean, you know, the caring cannot stop at a
Shari Arison:
00:03:16
certain level. It's caring about the individual and doing good
Shari Arison:
00:03:20
individually for oneself and one's one surrounding. And that
Shari Arison:
00:03:24
includes interpersonal relationships. That includes,
Shari Arison:
00:03:26
you know, all the ever widening circles. And that includes our
Shari Arison:
00:03:29
environment. You know, we have one planet that we live on, and
Shari Arison:
00:03:33
we need to care for our planet as well. And like I said, it has
Shari Arison:
00:03:37
not reduced our profits. It is an increased our process by
Shari Arison:
00:03:41
thinking this way and implementing our businesses in
Shari Arison:
00:03:44
this way.
Host:
00:03:45
So what about creating that culture beyond you? How do
Host:
00:03:49
you communicate as a leader through all these different
Host:
00:03:52
organizations and all these different industries that you
Host:
00:03:54
go, look people, this isn't just a nice thing. This isn't just us
Host:
00:03:58
sitting around the campfire talking about doing good. This
Host:
00:04:02
is actually the culture.
Shari Arison:
00:04:04
Well, I can give you one major example of what
Shari Arison:
00:04:07
we've done in order to make this work. Number one, when you when
Shari Arison:
00:04:11
you talk about values, it's not something that you can tell
Shari Arison:
00:04:14
people to be value based. You have to educate. You have to
Shari Arison:
00:04:17
engage people, you have to enroll them. And that takes
Shari Arison:
00:04:20
time. Is a process, but what we've done is we've created
Shari Arison:
00:04:24
cross cultural forums. We call them forums, and what we have is
Shari Arison:
00:04:29
representatives, and it's normally middle management. It's
Shari Arison:
00:04:32
not CEOs and chairmans, it's more of the employee level of
Shari Arison:
00:04:36
representatives from each one of the businesses and organizations
Shari Arison:
00:04:42
sitting around the table. So we have representatives from the
Shari Arison:
00:04:45
bank, representatives from the infrastructure company, the
Shari Arison:
00:04:48
water company, the spiritual company, philanthropic
Shari Arison:
00:04:50
organizations. So we have all these different people sitting
Shari Arison:
00:04:54
around the table with backing of their chairmans and their CEOs
Shari Arison:
00:04:58
in order to be creative. And think how we can implement these
Shari Arison:
00:05:01
values. Now, what's happened is it's created discussion. It's
Shari Arison:
00:05:05
created creativity. It's created practical tools for
Shari Arison:
00:05:09
implementation. And people are engaged and excited, and they
Shari Arison:
00:05:13
feel like they're part of something bigger. They get
Shari Arison:
00:05:15
together every month. You know, we have it in the middle of the
Shari Arison:
00:05:18
year, and at the end of the year, we have a conference of
Shari Arison:
00:05:21
all of the companies coming together, showing what's
Shari Arison:
00:05:23
actually been implemented. So, you know, it's not just
Shari Arison:
00:05:27
something written, it's not something on the wall, it's you
Shari Arison:
00:05:29
can actually see what's been done. So for instance, I mean,
Shari Arison:
00:05:33
just, I'll take one of the values of volunteering, for
Shari Arison:
00:05:35
instance. So we created good deeds day, and we had 61
Shari Arison:
00:05:39
countries already that joined in for good deeds day. We had 3
Shari Arison:
00:05:43
million hours of volunteering on that day. We have all of our
Shari Arison:
00:05:47
companies involved in good deeds day. It's crossed all cultures,
Shari Arison:
00:05:51
all boundaries, all ages. And people come together and do a
Shari Arison:
00:05:55
good good deed for the benefit of others, each one in their own
Shari Arison:
00:05:58
way. So that's something concrete, something that can be
Shari Arison:
00:06:01
measured, and we do this with all of our values. It's caught
Shari Arison:
00:06:04
on. It's grown every single year. It's grown, you know, by
Shari Arison:
00:06:08
the amount of people, the amount of volunteer time it's it's
Shari Arison:
00:06:10
grown by the different countries that are involved. And it's
Shari Arison:
00:06:13
amazing, because what we found is, because it's simple, and
Shari Arison:
00:06:16
because everyone can do a good deed according to their hearts
Shari Arison:
00:06:19
desire. You know, whether it's with children or the elderly or
Shari Arison:
00:06:23
the homeless, or, you know, beautifying your neighborhood.
Shari Arison:
00:06:26
It could be whatever it is that you want to do, and that's
Shari Arison:
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bringing people, uniting people together around the common goal
Shari Arison:
00:06:33
of doing good.
Host:
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I mean, this is this a big deal. I I saw some pictures
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where you got to meet the Pope, and I saw pictures of Times
Host:
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Square. You know, that's a really big deal. I also just
Host:
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wanted to highlight something that you said. You said, you
Host:
00:06:46
can't tell people to be value based. It's like, you have to
Host:
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show them.
Shari Arison:
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Exactly, you know, like, for instance, vitality is
Shari Arison:
00:06:54
one of the values. And some of my employees came to me and
Shari Arison:
00:06:57
said, Okay, how should we implement vitality? And I said,
Shari Arison:
00:07:00
I don't know, you know, why don't you just ask the employees
Shari Arison:
00:07:03
what vitality is to them? And it was amazing to see the feedback
Shari Arison:
00:07:08
to some people's nutrition and to other people, it's sport, and
Shari Arison:
00:07:11
to other people, it's spending time with the family and going
Shari Arison:
00:07:15
on family trips and and it was just amazing and and the
Shari Arison:
00:07:19
creativity that was created, and the engagement, and it was just
Shari Arison:
00:07:23
quite amazing. And that's what's happening around all the values.
Host:
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Were you always like this? Did you grow up with this
Host:
00:07:30
natural insight to go you know what doing good? I can see the
Host:
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connection to how it leads to profitability, and it's also
Host:
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doing good in the world. Or was there a point in your life,
Host:
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where the light bulb came on for you, and if so, how did that
Host:
00:07:44
happen? I'm just kind of curious. Where did this come
Host:
00:07:47
from?
Shari Arison:
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Well, I always cared about people, and I always
Shari Arison:
00:07:50
cared about humanity and the planet. It's something that was
Shari Arison:
00:07:53
bigger than myself and I and I always thought about ways that I
Shari Arison:
00:07:57
can do my part. You know? I always felt that, you know, we
Shari Arison:
00:07:59
all have the responsibility to make a difference. If we want to
Shari Arison:
00:08:03
see a collective positive future in the world, we each need to do
Shari Arison:
00:08:06
our part. And I've always tried to do my part. I think the light
Shari Arison:
00:08:10
bulb that came off was the switch between doing it in a way
Shari Arison:
00:08:14
that was hard and tiring. And, you know, I almost felt sick at
Shari Arison:
00:08:19
one point. You know, I was going uphill all the time, and that's
Shari Arison:
00:08:23
when I realized that I didn't need to go into the dark places
Shari Arison:
00:08:26
and turn on the light. I could just grow the goodness and grow
Shari Arison:
00:08:30
the light. And there's a lot of organizations out there that are
Shari Arison:
00:08:33
doing really great things, people who really care, and I
Shari Arison:
00:08:36
think that if we put all our forces together, we can grow
Shari Arison:
00:08:39
that goodness. And that that's what the doing good model is all
Shari Arison:
00:08:42
about, coming together, you know, all of us, and growing the
Shari Arison:
00:08:45
good in the world.
Host:
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And so you're saying that you don't necessarily have to go
Host:
00:08:49
into the darkest parts of the world. It means you can also do
Host:
00:08:53
good by taking the things that you're already involved in,
Host:
00:08:57
reframing them in a way to also do good as a part of what you
Host:
00:09:00
already love and enjoy doing.
Shari Arison:
00:09:02
Yes, and I think that, you know, there is so much
Shari Arison:
00:09:04
good. I mean, we created a social network called good net,
Shari Arison:
00:09:08
okay, good net.org, and within two years, 17 million people
Shari Arison:
00:09:12
connected. And it's only around goodness, it's only around, you
Shari Arison:
00:09:16
know, a conversation of doing good, and it's different people,
Shari Arison:
00:09:19
individuals, organizations around the world that are doing
Shari Arison:
00:09:23
good and I think that, you know, there is so much going on,
Shari Arison:
00:09:27
whether it's in business or philanthropy or individuals you
Shari Arison:
00:09:30
know that are doing good deeds every day. And if we join those
Shari Arison:
00:09:34
people together, it can't be ignored anymore, because what
Shari Arison:
00:09:37
you see out there is very different. And I think if we
Shari Arison:
00:09:40
want to, you know, we want to see a good world, we want to see
Shari Arison:
00:09:42
a positive world. We we all need to make that happen.
Host:
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I love that. So you know, if you were addressing young
Host:
00:09:49
leaders, what advice would you give to young leaders in this
Host:
00:09:52
area of just doing good?
Shari Arison:
00:09:54
Well, I think, number one, I think it's
Shari Arison:
00:09:56
important to know that you can do business and have a
Shari Arison:
00:09:58
successful business. US and still be value based, I would
Shari Arison:
00:10:03
suggest to connect to one's heart and see what you're
Shari Arison:
00:10:07
passionate about. I think when people are passionate about what
Shari Arison:
00:10:10
they do, they create, you know, amazing things. You can take
Shari Arison:
00:10:14
really elated ideas, really related values, and bring them
Shari Arison:
00:10:19
down to practical day to day tools and for implementation.
Shari Arison:
00:10:23
And really, anyone in any field can do business and do good for
Shari Arison:
00:10:29
themselves and for their community and their country.
Host:
00:10:33
I love it. So where's the best place that you want people
Host:
00:10:36
to go, Shari, to get the book, stay connected with you?
Shari Arison:
00:10:39
Well, they can go, of course. They can go, of
Shari Arison:
00:10:41
course, to Amazon or Barnes and Noble, but also they can go to
Shari Arison:
00:10:45
thedoinggoodmodel.com, they could either purchase the book
Shari Arison:
00:10:48
or get information there.
Host:
00:10:50
So my last question for you is, what is next for
Host:
00:10:54
somebody like you? I mean, you're still involved in a lot
Host:
00:10:57
of things. Why? What's driving you?
Shari Arison:
00:11:00
Well, it's interesting, because I've been
Shari Arison:
00:11:02
having a lot of discussions about this with with my children
Shari Arison:
00:11:06
and with my management teams. And I think my biggest issue is
Shari Arison:
00:11:10
that everything that's been done be sustainable. Because, you
Shari Arison:
00:11:14
know, the doing good model is bigger than me, and and doing
Shari Arison:
00:11:18
and doing good and and good deeds day is way bigger than me.
Shari Arison:
00:11:22
I mean, you know, it's already in 61 countries, and so my dream
Shari Arison:
00:11:26
right now is to just make sure that all of this is sustainable
Shari Arison:
00:11:28
and continues without me, because I'm not the issue. The
Shari Arison:
00:11:31
issue is the future of all of us, our collective future, and
Shari Arison:
00:11:34
that's what's important to me.
Host:
00:11:36
Thank you for what you do, Shari. We really appreciate you
Host:
00:11:39
and wish you the best.
Shari Arison:
00:11:41
Thank you. Thank you so much.
00:00:20
Shari Arison is absolutely amazing. Shari is an American
Host:
00:00:25
born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist. She's the owner
Host:
00:00:29
of Arison investments, which is made up of several different
Host:
00:00:32
companies and also philanthropic organizations. And her
Host:
00:00:36
philosophy, I think you're gonna find fresh and radical and very
Host:
00:00:41
unique. And so she is also an author, Activate Your Goodness
Host:
00:00:44
and The Doing Good Model. And so she is here to talk to us about
Host:
00:00:49
what that means, doing good. So, Shari, welcome to the show.
Shari Arison:
00:00:52
Thank you very much. I'm happy to be here.
Host:
00:00:54
So you have this philosophy, Shari, doing good is
Host:
00:00:58
good business. So can you just tell us, like, what does that
Host:
00:01:01
mean, and how did you kind of come up with that?
Shari Arison:
00:01:04
Well, after working many, many years in
Shari Arison:
00:01:07
different fields, in business, I'm in finance, real estate,
Shari Arison:
00:01:12
infrastructure, water, renewable energy and salt. And alongside
Shari Arison:
00:01:16
that, I also have several philanthropic organizations,
Shari Arison:
00:01:20
Family Foundation, a volunteer organization and a spiritual
Shari Arison:
00:01:23
organization. What I realized is that do good for people and for
Shari Arison:
00:01:28
the planet, and you can still profit in everything that you
Shari Arison:
00:01:32
do. So the vision became doing good, and all the values that we
Shari Arison:
00:01:36
implement became the doing good model. The doing good model has
Shari Arison:
00:01:39
13 values, some of the values that are implemented are, for
Shari Arison:
00:01:44
instance, financial freedom, because we're in finance and we
Shari Arison:
00:01:48
have a bank through the doing good model, we realize that
Shari Arison:
00:01:51
being in finance, we can really educate people and give them the
Shari Arison:
00:01:55
tools to make the right choices so that they can prosper and
Shari Arison:
00:01:59
grow. So that's an example. Another example is in
Shari Arison:
00:02:02
sustainability. Our real estate and infrastructure company
Shari Arison:
00:02:06
builds 100% sustainable so since we have this sustainable
Shari Arison:
00:02:09
information, why not implement sustainability throughout all of
Shari Arison:
00:02:13
our companies and all of our organizations? So that's how we
Shari Arison:
00:02:16
take value by value and create practical tools for
Shari Arison:
00:02:20
implementation across the board. You know, it's funny for years,
Shari Arison:
00:02:24
I'm talking years back when I talked about sustainability,
Shari Arison:
00:02:27
when it wasn't even a word that anybody understood. The main
Shari Arison:
00:02:31
issue was, how can you build sustainable and make profit? And
Shari Arison:
00:02:35
we've proven that it can be done. We've made more money over
Shari Arison:
00:02:39
the years building sustainable, and we've shown a profit, a
Shari Arison:
00:02:42
growing profit, over the years in all of our businesses. And I
Shari Arison:
00:02:45
truly believe that when you are value based and you truly care,
Shari Arison:
00:02:50
but I mean authentically care about people, about your
Shari Arison:
00:02:52
employees, about your customers, about, you know, people, and the
Shari Arison:
00:02:55
future of our planet, you also profit.
Host:
00:02:58
Sp let's talk about the planet for just a second,
Host:
00:03:00
because that's a part of this that you also feel like any
Host:
00:03:03
investment that you have made to protect the environment is
Host:
00:03:06
something that has just come back directly in a bottom line
Host:
00:03:10
profit.
Shari Arison:
00:03:10
Yes, definitely. And I think everything's
Shari Arison:
00:03:13
integrated. I mean, you know, the caring cannot stop at a
Shari Arison:
00:03:16
certain level. It's caring about the individual and doing good
Shari Arison:
00:03:20
individually for oneself and one's one surrounding. And that
Shari Arison:
00:03:24
includes interpersonal relationships. That includes,
Shari Arison:
00:03:26
you know, all the ever widening circles. And that includes our
Shari Arison:
00:03:29
environment. You know, we have one planet that we live on, and
Shari Arison:
00:03:33
we need to care for our planet as well. And like I said, it has
Shari Arison:
00:03:37
not reduced our profits. It is an increased our process by
Shari Arison:
00:03:41
thinking this way and implementing our businesses in
Shari Arison:
00:03:44
this way.
Host:
00:03:45
So what about creating that culture beyond you? How do
Host:
00:03:49
you communicate as a leader through all these different
Host:
00:03:52
organizations and all these different industries that you
Host:
00:03:54
go, look people, this isn't just a nice thing. This isn't just us
Host:
00:03:58
sitting around the campfire talking about doing good. This
Host:
00:04:02
is actually the culture.
Shari Arison:
00:04:04
Well, I can give you one major example of what
Shari Arison:
00:04:07
we've done in order to make this work. Number one, when you when
Shari Arison:
00:04:11
you talk about values, it's not something that you can tell
Shari Arison:
00:04:14
people to be value based. You have to educate. You have to
Shari Arison:
00:04:17
engage people, you have to enroll them. And that takes
Shari Arison:
00:04:20
time. Is a process, but what we've done is we've created
Shari Arison:
00:04:24
cross cultural forums. We call them forums, and what we have is
Shari Arison:
00:04:29
representatives, and it's normally middle management. It's
Shari Arison:
00:04:32
not CEOs and chairmans, it's more of the employee level of
Shari Arison:
00:04:36
representatives from each one of the businesses and organizations
Shari Arison:
00:04:42
sitting around the table. So we have representatives from the
Shari Arison:
00:04:45
bank, representatives from the infrastructure company, the
Shari Arison:
00:04:48
water company, the spiritual company, philanthropic
Shari Arison:
00:04:50
organizations. So we have all these different people sitting
Shari Arison:
00:04:54
around the table with backing of their chairmans and their CEOs
Shari Arison:
00:04:58
in order to be creative. And think how we can implement these
Shari Arison:
00:05:01
values. Now, what's happened is it's created discussion. It's
Shari Arison:
00:05:05
created creativity. It's created practical tools for
Shari Arison:
00:05:09
implementation. And people are engaged and excited, and they
Shari Arison:
00:05:13
feel like they're part of something bigger. They get
Shari Arison:
00:05:15
together every month. You know, we have it in the middle of the
Shari Arison:
00:05:18
year, and at the end of the year, we have a conference of
Shari Arison:
00:05:21
all of the companies coming together, showing what's
Shari Arison:
00:05:23
actually been implemented. So, you know, it's not just
Shari Arison:
00:05:27
something written, it's not something on the wall, it's you
Shari Arison:
00:05:29
can actually see what's been done. So for instance, I mean,
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just, I'll take one of the values of volunteering, for
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instance. So we created good deeds day, and we had 61
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countries already that joined in for good deeds day. We had 3
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million hours of volunteering on that day. We have all of our
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companies involved in good deeds day. It's crossed all cultures,
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all boundaries, all ages. And people come together and do a
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good good deed for the benefit of others, each one in their own
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way. So that's something concrete, something that can be
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measured, and we do this with all of our values. It's caught
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on. It's grown every single year. It's grown, you know, by
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the amount of people, the amount of volunteer time it's it's
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grown by the different countries that are involved. And it's
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amazing, because what we found is, because it's simple, and
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because everyone can do a good deed according to their hearts
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desire. You know, whether it's with children or the elderly or
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the homeless, or, you know, beautifying your neighborhood.
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It could be whatever it is that you want to do, and that's
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bringing people, uniting people together around the common goal
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of doing good.
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I mean, this is this a big deal. I I saw some pictures
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where you got to meet the Pope, and I saw pictures of Times
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Square. You know, that's a really big deal. I also just
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wanted to highlight something that you said. You said, you
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can't tell people to be value based. It's like, you have to
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show them.
Shari Arison:
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Exactly, you know, like, for instance, vitality is
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one of the values. And some of my employees came to me and
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said, Okay, how should we implement vitality? And I said,
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I don't know, you know, why don't you just ask the employees
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what vitality is to them? And it was amazing to see the feedback
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to some people's nutrition and to other people, it's sport, and
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to other people, it's spending time with the family and going
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on family trips and and it was just amazing and and the
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creativity that was created, and the engagement, and it was just
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quite amazing. And that's what's happening around all the values.
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Were you always like this? Did you grow up with this
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natural insight to go you know what doing good? I can see the
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connection to how it leads to profitability, and it's also
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doing good in the world. Or was there a point in your life,
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where the light bulb came on for you, and if so, how did that
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happen? I'm just kind of curious. Where did this come
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from?
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Well, I always cared about people, and I always
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cared about humanity and the planet. It's something that was
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bigger than myself and I and I always thought about ways that I
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can do my part. You know? I always felt that, you know, we
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all have the responsibility to make a difference. If we want to
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see a collective positive future in the world, we each need to do
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our part. And I've always tried to do my part. I think the light
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bulb that came off was the switch between doing it in a way
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that was hard and tiring. And, you know, I almost felt sick at
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one point. You know, I was going uphill all the time, and that's
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when I realized that I didn't need to go into the dark places
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and turn on the light. I could just grow the goodness and grow
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the light. And there's a lot of organizations out there that are
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doing really great things, people who really care, and I
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think that if we put all our forces together, we can grow
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that goodness. And that that's what the doing good model is all
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about, coming together, you know, all of us, and growing the
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good in the world.
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And so you're saying that you don't necessarily have to go
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into the darkest parts of the world. It means you can also do
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good by taking the things that you're already involved in,
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reframing them in a way to also do good as a part of what you
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already love and enjoy doing.
Shari Arison:
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Yes, and I think that, you know, there is so much
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good. I mean, we created a social network called good net,
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okay, good net.org, and within two years, 17 million people
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connected. And it's only around goodness, it's only around, you
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know, a conversation of doing good, and it's different people,
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individuals, organizations around the world that are doing
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good and I think that, you know, there is so much going on,
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whether it's in business or philanthropy or individuals you
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know that are doing good deeds every day. And if we join those
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people together, it can't be ignored anymore, because what
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you see out there is very different. And I think if we
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want to, you know, we want to see a good world, we want to see
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a positive world. We we all need to make that happen.
Host:
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I love that. So you know, if you were addressing young
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leaders, what advice would you give to young leaders in this
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area of just doing good?
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Well, I think, number one, I think it's
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important to know that you can do business and have a
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successful business. US and still be value based, I would
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suggest to connect to one's heart and see what you're
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passionate about. I think when people are passionate about what
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they do, they create, you know, amazing things. You can take
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really elated ideas, really related values, and bring them
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down to practical day to day tools and for implementation.
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And really, anyone in any field can do business and do good for
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themselves and for their community and their country.
Host:
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I love it. So where's the best place that you want people
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to go, Shari, to get the book, stay connected with you?
Shari Arison:
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Well, they can go, of course. They can go, of
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course, to Amazon or Barnes and Noble, but also they can go to
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thedoinggoodmodel.com, they could either purchase the book
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or get information there.
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So my last question for you is, what is next for
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somebody like you? I mean, you're still involved in a lot
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of things. Why? What's driving you?
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Well, it's interesting, because I've been
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having a lot of discussions about this with with my children
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and with my management teams. And I think my biggest issue is
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that everything that's been done be sustainable. Because, you
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know, the doing good model is bigger than me, and and doing
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and doing good and and good deeds day is way bigger than me.
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I mean, you know, it's already in 61 countries, and so my dream
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right now is to just make sure that all of this is sustainable
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and continues without me, because I'm not the issue. The
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issue is the future of all of us, our collective future, and
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that's what's important to me.
Host:
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Thank you for what you do, Shari. We really appreciate you
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and wish you the best.
Shari Arison:
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Thank you. Thank you so much.
