Last Friday my investment broker, Nikki Chicotel, sent out a message to her clients with the headline “Please Turn Off the News!” Nikki, who is also my brilliant sister, was off to a great start. The rest of her message detailed how she is protecting her clients by keeping most of their holdings in cash positions until the market starts sending “buy” signals through her long term proven tracking methods.

So I say to you, please turn off the news, at least all the gloom and doom part…which is most of it! The steady diet of negativity is creating it’s own life and is making it very difficult to change our national psyche.

Find something to appreciate, connect with a friend, take a nap,take a walk, read a good book. Do something else besides plugging into the incessant stream of negative conversation.

And if you still are jonesing for a little news fix, try KJR FM 95.7 in the mornings. They have committed to broadcast only good news! They feature companies that are hiring, good works happening in the community, etc. So for those of us who want good news, support KJR so they will know we want more of that!!! Maybe others will get the message soon.

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