Once you realize that everything happens for a reason, attitudes towards matters such as illnesses, or lawsuits, for example, change.

Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.

Even a smile is a good deed.

In my new book, 'Birth,' my goal is to share the path I have traveled in the spiritual sphere and in the business and philanthropic sphere in order to reveal the essential connection between the two.

I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness.

Many of us are experiencing a phase of change, shedding outdated patterns and liberating ourselves from the old by moving on to the new. The year 2012 is an important one for mankind, a pivotal year. The potential for this exists in the mere fact that the majority of us are yearning for change.

Think good, speak good and do good, to bring about positive change in the world.