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Dream Big! A Roadmap for Facing Life's Challenges and Creating the Life You Deserve

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There are so many passions one feels when they read Dream BIG! Congratulations to Deborah Rosado Shaw. You have shown commitment throughout your life despite significant adversity. You have demonstrated an incredible entrepreneurial spirit. Your messages are for all ages and all genders on keeping the eye on the ball. Think BIG! is a big help to every entrepreneur. Nobody has a clear path to overnight business success. Deborah Rosado Shaw has shared with us the joys and pains of succeeding, the highs and lows along the way, the passion to never stop Think ing BIG! Rosado Shaw reminds us to focus on the end result as you overcome obstacles. Maria Sobrino, Toni Novello, Linda Novey White and so many more are profiled as they each embody the BIG Dream and the shooting for the stars. All continue to help as many other women all the way as possible. Giving back to help others as in micro-loans for women through Count-Me-In is precisely what we all need to do. As Deborah gives advice to make bold moves and build a powerful network, she is so right. Deborah, proud to know you. Proud that you have written the book for all to renew our entrepreneurial spirit. Hope that you continue to sell millions of umbrellas with Umbrellas Plus and we are always there to salute and support one another. Hope all read Dream Big! and never stop making the dreams happen.

Edie Fraser, president of Business Women's Network(BWN)

This book is a shot of energy! Just when I've had a blasting day at the office and two late flights and no dinner, I pick up this dessert of a book! I lost myself in these stories of hope, courage and triumphs. Unlike CHICKEN SOUP OR SIMPLE ABUNDANCE, these stories are missing the syrup and "heartstrings" aspects. They depict the joy that comes from meeting and greeting the challenges and then soaring on to new successes! Buy this book today! You won't be sorry.

Using experiences from her own life, Shaw shows you how to chart a course of personal and professional success. Actually, the book is part autobiography, part "how to." Including her early setbacks and how she overcame them is what gives the book "meat." She's also a risk taker. I loved reading about how she mustered the guts to do something nobody thought she could do. She does this quite a bit! Some books just give you empty platitudes about "positive thinking," but neglect to include examples of how to handle unexpected problems. Not Shaw. She tells it all!

I've just begun reading this, after picking it up and seeing answers to some of my own dilemmas in its pages. She says things with finality, and I don't always agree with her. For example, I like to think that, someday, I WILL drive a Jaguar. But, that said, when she talks about letting go of things that haven't worked in the past, and moving forward to a better future filled with achievable goals... this is a very good book for people who are depressed or otherwise feeling "stuck" in life. If you don't actually buy a copy yourself, ask your library to order it.

I am not an avid reader. I tend to read more newpapers, professional journals. When I started reading this book I couldn't put it down. I finished this book in one night. A record for me.

This book is uplifting, inspiring and true!!! I felt motivation I haven't felt in a long time since I read this book.

This is a very inspiring book. When I initially started reading, it felt like just another feel good book with general advice. However as I progressed it picked up and became quite interesting. The advice given by the author is not new or unique, but offered in the context of her own life experiences, become very useful.
One shortcoming of this book, as for many books of this nature, is that it seems to address primarily a younger audience. What about the readers who are now in their mid-forties, early fifties and have less time to start over and be effective? Understandably the author is in her thirties, hence this shortcoming. Nevertheless, I wish I had a book like this available to me when I was in my twenties, because the ideas offered are inspiring and most valuable.

Dream Big! is an inspirational account of a woman's journey from humble beginnings to the heights of personal and professional success. On behalf of all the members of The Women's Alliance across the country we thank Ms. Shaw for her courage and her commitment to "pay her success forward" and use her knowledge to help other women to Dream Big! If you've never heard Ms. Shaw speak before then I highly recommend that you do. I had the pleasure of hearing her keynote presentation at the Una Voz National Women's Conference on March 30th in Miami where she presented a dynamic and heartfelt account of her trail to the top.

I just wanted to leave a bit of review here for my mom (the author). Hopefully she'll see this someday and know that despite what she has viewed as shortcomings, she has always been an inspiration not only to others but to her family and all those closest to her. I've had my own difficulties and was raised amidst many of hers. With a great deal owed to her example and support, I was able to carve a path from high school drop-out to acceptance at a prestigious university for the fall. You have been and continue to be an amazing mom and I love you!

If you haven't yet read this book, you are missing out on an experience everyone deserves to have. If you guys loved her debut work as much as I did, please keep an eye out for her upcoming titles. They're on the way!

-Andrew

The author tells her story about how she succeeded in her dreams and kept pushing herself further. She definitely makes the point that she was not a super woman along the way; she made plenty of mistakes. The author always seemed to have a clear sense about who she was and what she wanted. Her personal stories added a great deal about her advice. Her stories happened to her and she was simply not repeating stories of friends or patients. From who she was, to who became is an inspiring story. How the basics like writing letters helped her network. How she wanted to blast salsa music in her suburban neighborhood. Through the toughest times, the author maintained a strong sense of self.