The document emphasizes the importance of reassessing how we spend our time, particularly in regard to activities like watching TV that could be more productive. It suggests actively incorporating skill-building activities into our routine, even for short periods, to enhance personal growth and prevent falling into negative patterns. The author encourages regular reflection on daily habits to identify opportunities for improvement and greater efficiency in life.

1. Rearrange Your Brain

2. Some of the simplest things can have
the greatest impact.

3. It's easy to get into a rhythm.

4. If you've ever gone on a diet or started
an exercise program, you know what I
mean.

5. Getting started is the hardest part.

6. But once you've got enough
momentum, it's part of who you are.

7. Pretty soon the hour or so you spend
at the gym is part of your daily routine.

8. But the first week or so, it sucks.

9. On the other hand, when you get stuck
into some kind of negative loop, it can
be hard to get out of.

10. Even if it's so bad in and of itself, it can
be deceptively defeating.

11. If you spend an hour or two in front of
the TV, that's not exactly considered
self destructive behavior.

12. But think of the time you could be
spending on other things. What if you
took one hour per night, and learned
an instrument? After a year or two,
you'd have a skill most people don't.

13. Even if you mindlessly change
channels during the commercials,
you're eating up valuable time.

14. Imagine if you were to spend just the
time during commercial breaks
learning something, or reading
something, or doing some kind of
mental exercise, like Image Streaming.

15. Every hour of TV has about 20 minutes
of commercials.

16. If you did image streaming, for
example, for 20 minutes a day, you'd
increase your IQ by a point or two a
week!

17. Of course, humans aren't hard wired
to always be on the lookout for
increases in efficiency.

18. We aren't robots!

19. But the secret is not to be a robot all
the time.

20. It's to simply "take inventory" of how
you spend you day. Maybe once every
few months.

21. Once you build in the habit of
spending ten minutes per hour of TV
time doing something productive, then
you can go back to automatic human
behavior.

22. Only now, that automatic human
behavior will be building up some skills
or abilities, instead of just wasting
time. (Or worse, having your brain
programmed with more needless junk
you don't need to buy with money you
don't have!)

23. They say an unexamined life isn't
worth living.

24. This doesn't mean that you have to
always be a super hyper meta thinker
who's questioning every single step
through life.

25. Just take a look at your daily activities
from time to time, and see where you
can find room for improvement.

26. mindpersuasion.com