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One thing for sure is that this section of the book is not going to win over those of you who are still reading. What should you not be doing if you want to become a millionaire? You probably already know, but for those of you who might need a little reminder here it goes.

 

Watching television is a real poor slob killer.

 

No matter how hard you try to deny it, we are all watching a hell of a lot of television, which means that we are being bombarded with television commercials and the business of marketing media placement that occurs in most of the television shows we all watch. 

 

Most people I talk too deplore television and swear up and down a flag pole that they are not watching there 65 inch plasma screen television sets that are sitting smack in the middle of their living rooms. Na, nobody is watching.  According to national statistics, sales of new plasma screen televisions are reaching all time highs. That combined with the new cable subscriptions means that almost 98 percent of the people in the United States own a television are now watching something on the  hundreds of television networks that are out also reporting record ad revenue, and that doesn’t include the internet and other media services that are available that slowly pick our pocket clean. 

 

The 2 percent who are not hooked up are the ones who own the companies that are spending our money building mansions and security systems to keep the poor slobs at bay, and the survivalist locked away in bunkers in Montana and West Virginia.

 

No matter what it is that you say to others, you and I know that somewhere in your life chances are that you are, or have watched a hell of a lot of television. Now, you take your television viewing and combine it with cruising the internet, and I can guarantee you that whatever it is that you have watched has in no way contributed to making your first million dollars.

 

Add it up. The cost of a plasma screen television will set you back a grand or two, plus the DVD player, wall mount, and whatever other cabling you will need. Added to the cost initial cost of the boob tube is the cost of the cable, movie rentals, and the value of the time that you will ultimately waste sitting in front of it. Now if you’re already rich, what the f***, watch till your eye’s bleed. Your rich and can do as you please. But if you are not already rich, then you are seriously wasting away your life watching other people doing things that you should be doing.

 

So then what do you do? Simple, turn it off and get out and do something to make your dreams happen.

 

The Internet

 

Jesus, what a mixed blessing this has turned out to be. On one hand the internet can be a valuable tool in which to help you to get rich, but on the other hand it is a distraction that diverts a huge amount of your energy away from what it is that you should be doing in the first place, and that is doing something to get you closer to your goals that will make you rich.

 

If your using the internet to research your business idea or to write something and are producing tangible results which will bring in the bucks, then keep doing whatever it is that you are doing.  Problem is that producing tangible results only applies to a small number of us who are using the internet for those purposes. Most of us go onto the internet in search of pornography and any other useless information.

 

The internet is not that much different from television. It is designed for the consumption and sharing of media. Where there’s media, there’s advertising to make a buck. And where there’s a buck to be made there’s useless information. So once again, the overall value of the internet is not to the consumer so much as it is to the large corporations who are still figuring out how to squeeze more bucks out of the internet. So that means the internet is a losing proposition to most of us.

 

What the internet means is that unless you are using it to make money, which most of us are not, then somewhere down the line, you are going to pay for something. And like most consumerism, it means that you are going to be probably paying for things that you really do not need.

 

The bottom line here is that if you have to use the internet as a tool for growing a business, then by all means, use it. But if you’re using it to pound your tool to make knuckle babies and searching for ways to get rich quick, then you are defeating yourself and you will probably never achieve your goals.

 

Distractions

 

To get rich, the poor slob must stay away from easily available mind detractions and that includes computer games, video games and whatever else is out there to distract you. Unless you are developing a game of your own, or operating a successful online business, then you should stay the hell away from these time eating, money gulping, bottomless pits.