"Shari, your work has impacted the world in a profoundly positive way, touching lives everywhere in your everlasting pursuit to make the world a better place." US President Bill Clinton
3rd on the New York Times Best Sellers list!

Shari Arison's new book Activate Your Goodness: Transforming the World Through Doing Good, describes how doing good brings about positivity for yourself, those around you, and the world at large. In this new book, Shari Arison is candid about her own personal stories and also provides examples from others who have made a difference by thinking, speaking and doing good.
The book inspires and empowers people, organizations and businesses to connect to goodness and do good deeds for the benefit of others.
Results of a new, nationwide survey conducted by GfK Custom Research, indicated among other findings that:
- 4 out of 5 adult Americans (82%) would definitely / probably participate in a day out of the year dedicated to doing good deeds.
- Half of adult Americans (52%) strongly agree that people coming together to do a good deed, on one day out of the year, can make a difference to society.
- 1 out of 3 adult Americans (32%) report doing a good deed for someone whom they did not know, in the past day.
Activate Your Goodness was launched at the 2013 Good Deeds Day kickoff event in Times Square. 900 people arrived at the venue, with more attending the book signing event organized by volunteering organization JumpStart. The American media embraced Shari Arison's new book, which soon became a New York Times bestseller.
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Shari Arison at the book signing evet in Manhattan, NY, March 7
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About Shari Arison Businesswoman and philanthropist Shari Arison, owner of the Arison Group, is committed to being a catalyst for bringing about positive change in the world. |
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Shari Arison's Doing Good vision Think good, speak good, do good, is Shari Arison's motto for creating a critical mass of people that bring positive change in the world. |
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Shari Arison's Good Deeds Day initiative Activate Your Goodness book launch coincides with her initiative Good Deeds Day, an annual tradition of good around the world. |


