The Boy Who Wanted to Change the World is the autobiography by Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D., author of the classic international best-seller, What to Say When You Talk to Your Self. It is the story of how a shoeless farm boy with a dream, growing up in extreme poverty, overcame many obstacles to become a global thought-leader. It is an uplifting story of how the human spirit, with a practical plan, can bring an impossible dream to life.