"Think Globally, Act Joyfully!"

What can you do when you wake up in the morning, look at the world, and say: I've got to do something? How can I make a difference? Find out what British actress and television personality -- and a dear friend of mine -- Isabel Losada did in her book, A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World: A True Life Adventure Story, which was just published this month.

The release of Isabel's book celebrates the 70th birthday of the Dalai Lama, whose teachings inspired Losada's quest.

Says Losada: "Think globally, act joyfully!" The book fulfills this mission, serving as a jumping off point for anyone who wonders how to make a difference, or have an impact in today's world.

Shocked by the lack of international publicity for the plight of Tibet, Losada founded a movement, became an international activist, and ended up traveling through England, India, Nepal, and Tibet in her own exploration of Buddhism, Tibet-China relations, and the Dalai Lama's teachings. "Isn't it time the world rewarded the great old man of peace by giving him his country back?" she smiles.

Sassy and inspiring, educational but never preachy, A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World combines fast-moving narrative, romance, history, travel, politics, Buddhism, human rights, interviews, campaigning and even a Top Ten List Of Indispensable Things You Need To Change The World:

1. A storage cupboard. To put your TV in.
2. A crazy, wonderful, foolish plan.
3. Selective deafness. (The complete inability to hear the word no.)
4. A coffee addiction (impossible otherwise).
5. Unconditional love for others -- 24/7.
6. Deranged friends (see 7).
7. An irrational desire to do mad things -- called fundraising (jump out of planes, etc.)
8. A Web site that you made yourself and can maintain yourself. No, really!
9. An unbalanced sense of humor.
10. Persistence. Joy. Persistence. Joy. Persistence. Joy. Persistence.

From falling for a Tibetan Monk and tea with the Chinese ambassador to a stunning PR coup in Trafalgar Square (involving a parachute jump off Nelson's Column), Isabel makes headlines worldwide. For the intrepid Isabel, the story ends with her meeting the Dalai Lama in person and asking, "What difference can one person make?" For the newly inspired readers, the quest to make a difference is just beginning.

"Isabel Losada is a 21st Century Hero ... someone who is changing the world for the better and will make you want to, too." -- Harpers and Queen Magazine

London-based Losada is founder and director of the group Act for Tibet and a well-known writer on the topic of spirituality and religion. The UK edition of A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World (For Tibet With Love) and her last book The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment were bestsellers, the latter translated into twelve languages. She has also written 'New Habits' about the contemplative tradition within Christianity. For more information, go to www.isabellosada.com..

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