Show Up
Lives change whenever one person makes time for another. Our world needs more people to believe this simple truth—and then do something. The stories in Show Up inspire fresh desire in readers to notice the unnoticed people around them and to make time for life at its best, person to person.


Show Up: Student Edition
Upon its release, the original Show Up book’s message attracted attention from educators and students. To directly appeal to the latter group, Scott and David composed a fresh collection of stories—told by actual students. The Student Edition provides a path and a plan for anyone interested in changing the world, starting with his or her own school.


Both books illustrate that making a difference with one’s life is as simple as tying shoes—as long as they’re someone else’s shoes. Just as both books provide the path to eradicating loneliness in schools, in communities, in a way that makes common sense.
Oh, the power of a story! No matter the setting, share a slice of time when a simple act results in a real life changed, and everyone listening will gladly leave their seats and step into the narrative. Show Up is a collection of inspiring stories comprised of fourteen fast-paced chapters, each a self-contained and yet integral-to-the whole essay. Readers meet people willing to step out of their own busyness or biases and into someone else's world for a meaningful moment, a month, maybe much longer.

“If you want to change the world-one life at a time-read and respond to the powerful message of Show Up. David Staal [and Scott Staal] leads us on a journey of learning to truly see others, put aside busyness, and step away from the comfortable to rediscover the immense value of investing in others. Prepare to be moved and changed...and then join a movement to change the world.”
Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado, President and CEO, Compassion International and co-author of Small Matters
What happens when one student makes a decision to take action with a peer?

Show Up: Student Edition is a collection of short, moving stories of how students made a difference in the lives of other students who needed a meaningful moment, encouraging experience, or someone to just be a friend or take time to listen and care. Show Up's two-part journey includes meeting fellow students who decided to do something different-despite busy-ness, biases, or unpopular circumstances-and motivation to develop a fresh, rhythm of life the world desperately needs.
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