If you are a telemarketer or small business owner, the new federal Do Not Call Registry will mean big changes in how you do business. Here´s what you need to follow, and suggestions for changing your marketing mix.

Is there an area of your life that you’d like to change? Why not try using affirmations? Affirmations can have powerful effects on people’s lives

Encourage goal setting. Have your child make a wish list along with a deadline: a skateboard by the end of the summer, a bike by the end of the year.

As kids head back to school, they are also going to spend more time at the computer, doing homework, e-mailing friends they may have met at summer camp, and researching topics for school projects. So, it´s a good time for families to learn more about Internet safety and citizenship.

Do you write your own articles for your business? Become a freelance writer. This talent can help you to promote your business. Read what author Steven Van Yoder of "Get Slightly Famous" has to say.

All parents want their children happy. But how do you help kids feel content, avoid discouragement and find the glass half full whenever they face setbacks? In other words, how do you instill optimism? A relatively new movement in psychology called "learned optimism" offers some ideas for parents.

Your child´s idea of a good time is sitting in front of the computer and playing computer games or chatting online with friends. How do you get your kid away from the computer?

Has your company recently cut back on travel expenses? Are you being asked to use the lowest fares available? You can still get a decent seat on an airplane.

Too much time in the office and not enough time away from it can make employees very dull people. The antidote could be taking the staff for a retreat occasionally.

Do you remember to talk to your children? This is not as strange as it sounds. Do you really talk to your youngsters? Do you know how? If you do not hold real conversations with them you may never know what they are thinking.