I’ve never been a big TV watcher, but last summer, I found myself watching an hour or so a day. One night, my wife and I sat down at 7pm and awoke from the television set at 11pm, feeling dirty and grimy after four hours of Law & Order. At that moment, we realized it was time to eliminate our cable television. We did it the next week, and we have never looked back.

The decision changed our lives. We spent more time with each other and on things that we cared about. Our brains did not shut down in the evening. We returned to the life we knew before we watched television. It took two weeks for the addiction to fade completely, and once completely gone, our minds were free.

I know all of the arguments for keeping cable around, and none of them are very good.

Got that favorite show, get Netflix. When we want to watch a movie or a show, we place it on our Netflix queue. No more unplanned or unguided TV watching. You’ll see your favorite shows in order, with no commercials, at your leisure, with no temptation to keep watching other shows you don’t care about.

Think TV keeps you sane, winds you down, etc.? Think again. There are many other ways to accomplish the same effect that are much healthier. Go for a walk, take a shower, meditate. Find that thing that decompresses you but keeps you functional. You need to function to start a business.

An aspiring entrepreneur working and starting a new business must free up as much time as possible to devote to their new endeavor. Eliminating cable television is an easy way to reclaim an hour a day, or 365 hours(15 days!) a year, with one simple phone call. Do it now and increase your chances of success in life. Don’t believe me, check out the stats.

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