Why you are not rich, and what to do about it!

"the real purpose of television
is to suck the money out of your pockets,
and put it into the pockets of advertisers"

Before I go on my little rant, let me say that TV has the ability to inspire, inform and educate. Unfortunately, it does precious little of that. What TV is really good at is; making us fat, causing attention deficit disorder, de-senitizing society to violence, promiscuity and debt. And that's just for starters..the BIGGEST PROBLEM HAS TO BE OUR LOST OPPORTUNITIES!

"I find TV to be very educational. Every time someone switches it on, I go to another room and read a book" Groucho Marx

TV sucks the energy right out of us. Can you even think of a more sedentary activity than watching TV? It requires nothing more of us than a comatose state excepting of course the trip to the fridge for a snack or beer. And just in case we are not so motivated the food commercials will activate the taste buds giving us just enough energy to get our butts off the couch to retrieve the junk food.

TV is all about selling us stuff, and most of it we really don't need. It's all about consumerism. Think of it as a big vacuum cleaner sucking the cash out of your pockets. Someone is getting rich of television and it's not us.

My biggest beef with that 'stupid box'is the lost opportunities. TV uses up on average 3 hours of our precious time each and every day. That's 3 hours per day that could be used to pursue our dreams, have quality time with spouses and the kids or to gain some uselful knowledge.

When we say we don't have time to read a book, take a course or get some exercise that is frequently just a lame excuse. Turn off the idiot box and you just found the missing time. The extra found time can be just what we need to improve relationships, shed those unwanted pounds and plan that business you always dreamed about starting. Or maybe, time to just dream about a better life.

Now if you'll excuse me, the hockey game is about to start...

Eduardo