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Abigail E. Disney advocates for real changes to the way capitalism operates in today's world. She has worked for thirty years with programs for low-income families, women's rights, and global poverty. She…
In this interview, I spoke to Eric Ries, creator of the Lean Startup method and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, who argues that corporate corruption is structural rather than moral. We…
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We've created a reflex for paternalism whereby a donor looks upon the recipients of large assets with an attitude akin to saying 'well, you need me don't you... here I am... take what I have regardless of what you want and need.' There's also a kind of overambition about what money alone can achieve.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
Even if I had all the money in the world, no problem worth fixing can be solved in my lifetime. The best I can do is to be part of the process, and to help the world figure it out.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
Imagine Martin Luther King walked into your foundation. Would he pass muster? He would not get a dime out of most contemporary foundations because he would say, 'honestly? This work will take years, people are going to die, I'm not sure how it will turn out.'
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
You create change in other people when you're totally honest, transparent, and authentic. When you show people who you really are, with all your flaws, with all your vulnerabilities...it moves them. People would come up to me crying and thanking me for telling the truth.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
I often hear people say that everything that matters must be measured, and if it can't be measured, it doesn't matter. I believe the absolute reverse. Nothing that matters can be measured. I don't think there's anything on this earth worth lifting a finger for that you can measure.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
You must tell yourself the truth about money if you're going to give it away well. If you can't live well with $999 million, there's something clearly wrong with you. Money gets inside us; it creates our perceptions and changes the way we operate. It changes the people among whom we are, and who we are. When we're not in touch with that reality, it can change us in heinous ways.
— Abigail DisneyDocumentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter
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