Which emotions cause people to act? There are four basic ones; each, or a combination of several, can trigger the most incredible activity. The day that you allow these emotions to fuel your desire is the day you'll turn your life around.

Inspirational quotes don't inspire... Inspiration and motivation comes from within. The word inspiration includes the Latin spiritus literally meaning to be "in spirit" or "filled with spirit." When we are inspired, we are catapulted into a sense of heightened awareness -- the world and opportunities expand exponentially around us.

When it comes to meeting and conquering the negativity in your life, here is a key question: what can you do, starting today, that will make a difference?

As you look back on your life today what would you change? Anything? Everything? Have you lived a passionate adventure or have you been stuck on the birth-school-work-death treadmill?

The #1 reason you usually only get a temporary fix from motivational programs, self help books and personal coaches is that they focus on your personality. This is the place where inner growth must begin, but it's also got its limitations.

By Bill Harris, Centerpointe Research Institute. Hale Dwoskin talks about his mentor, Lester Levenson, and the origins of the Sedona Method.

What this universal law tells you about your own life is that the thoughts you think, feelings you feel, words you say, and actions you take all consist of energy that attracts to it more of its own kind.

Alan Alda: Well, in the middle of the night, I heard this voice because I was in the midst of being so glad to be alive. I heard this voice from the back of my head that said, "So have you lived a life of meaning?"

Everyone wonders whether or not there is one great secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn't hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret demands.

The past cannot be undone. What you change is how you feel about it. Forgiveness undoes the stickiness that binds you to an unhappy past.