An Ohio man was killed by a car over grass clippings on a car

Our take: A landscaper in Ohio was shot dead after an argument with a neighbor about the grass clippings from the job he was working. The neighbor complained that the clippings from the job were getting on his car. An argument ensued, and the neighbor pulled out a gun and shot the landscaper through the heart. The landscaper is dead, and the neighbor has been arrested for murder.

We don’t have a gun problem in the US; we have an ethics problem in the US. For some reason, people think they are entitled to win every argument by any means necessary, including murdering the person they disagree with, no matter how trivial. Until we deal with this reality, we will continue to see sad stories like this one. We need to make people understand the value of humanity again. We seem to have lost it in large segments of our society. It will be the downfall of our country if we don’t figure out the solution quickly.

CNN still doesn’t get it, telling “pregnant people” they can take Tylenol

Our take:

President Trump claimed that acetaminophen can cause autism and encouraged people, especially pregnant moms, not to take Tylenol, whose main active ingredient is acetaminophen. Many medical professionals quickly disagreed. I have zero clue what is real and what is not. I am not a doctor, and neither is President Trump. I also know that at one point doctors were prescribing x-rays to people with zero protection. They also regurgitated a completely unhealthy diet plan of loading up with starchy carbohydrates and staying away from healthy fats. Doctors are not always right, and we think you should always ask questions and demand proof of a recommendation you are not sure of.

The issue we are calling out here has nothing to do with any of that. CNN weighed in on the issue with an article telling “pregnant people” they were fine to take Tylenol. You mean pregnant women, right, CNN? Because we have all known for all of human history that only women can get pregnant.

That still holds true today, regardless of the word gymnastics that many try to play to convince you otherwise. If CNN wants to be taken seriously as a news source, they need to stop pandering to those with delusions this far off base. Until then, they will continue their slide into irrelevancy.

A couple's therapist gives a tip that “happiest” couples use in disagreements

Our take: Pause and think before you speak. That is the advice a couples therapist is sharing after counseling hundreds of couples. The happiest couples that handle conflict resolution well all use this approach. 

We can tell you this advice is golden from 30+ years of a happy marriage to an awesome lady. It holds true in any conflict with another person. Instead of immediately firing back your witty retort, take a deep breath, wait 10 seconds, and think about the situation.

The deep breath will disengage your amygdala, which is in control of emotions, and re-engage your prefrontal cortex, which controls logic and reason. It also lets the person you are communicating with know that you are listening to them, which makes them feel better about the exchange. 

Take a breath and pause. It’s the best single thing you can do to handle any conflict.

Tip of the day for building momentum

Let yourself be stuck for a while

Being stuck can be a gift if we’re willing to live with it. Ironically, if we try to get ourselves unstuck too quickly, we can make our problems worse. By acting too fast, we miss important lessons regarding our habitual mindsets and behaviors, some of which themselves may be contributing to our challenges. “The mind is its own place,” English poet John Milton wrote, “and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” When we worry and catastrophize too much, it undermines our ability to think creatively and expansively about solutions to our problems. If we don’t take the time to understand how our internal viewpoints color our world, we lose personal power and the opportunity to invent a better life for ourselves.

Quote of the Day

“Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin 

An Ohio man was killed by a car over grass clippings on a car https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ohio-landscaper-shot-dead-in-argument-over-grass-cuttings-say-cops/ar-AA1N5HjL?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=68d26aa19e0943ddb87db8c2713b1066&ei=31

CNN still doesn’t get it, telling “pregnant people” they can take Tylenol https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/what-pregnant-people-should-know-about-acetaminophen/ar-AA1N6fru?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=68d26aa19e0943ddb87db8c2713b1066&ei=41

A couple's therapist gives a tip that “happiest” couples use in disagreements https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/i-m-a-therapist-who-s-worked-with-over-100-couples-what-people-in-the-happiest-relationships-do-that-most-don-t/ar-AA1ybpjO?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=68d26d2d3137466fa78042d2bfb2a003&ei=79