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What would you do if YOU ran the world?

That’s a question Shelly thought a lot about ever since she posed it in her first book, If Women Ran the World, Sh*t Would Get Done. Since that book’s release, so many women have shared with Shelly ideas for making the world a better place, ideas of things we can do for ourselves, our loved ones, our community, and the world. Time after time Shelly thought, “If these women ran the world, just imagine what would get done!”

What Would You Do If YOU Ran the World? is the culmination of brave, beautiful, brilliant, creative, and totally doable ideas that women have shared, complemented by inspiring quotes from famous women and action lists like Ten Things You Can Start Doing Now.

Shelly's warm and encouraging voice motivates readers to join other amazing women who are kicking serious butt for the good of all, like a teenage girl and CNN hero, kids in Zimbabwe saving their part of the planet, and a busy mom who is not too busy to work every day to help impoverished families live better lives. From learning to listen to your own guiding voice to galvanizing the women in your life, from getting involved in your own community to reaching clear across the world, What Would You Do If YOU Ran the World? is filled with ways we can all live a satisfying life of inspiration in action.

As Anne Frank once said,

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

Read An Excerpt:

  Feel like you’ve got a permanent seat on the “Women Always Come Last” Caboose? Read this “Doing for Myself” story to see how one woman learned how to say yes to herself!

  Want to help a loved one? Here are 10 things you can do…often in sixty seconds or less!

  Upset by the number of women and children around the world who are exploited? Learn more about this Awesome Idea in Action and people who are making a difference now!

  Ready for the world to recognize how much women everywhere have to contribute? Read this Brave, Beautiful, and Brilliant Possibility.



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