Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2023-06-17
Chris Williamson & Bill Perkins: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #642
Why You Should Spend All Of Your Money Before You Die - Bill Perkins - #642
Bill Perkins is a hedge fund manager, high stakes poker player, film producer and an author. What if the true path to financial fulfilment doesn’t lie in saving every penny, but rather in spending it as effectively as you can?
Chris Williamson recommended Die with Zero by Bill Perkins. Bill Perkins discussed Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Die with Zero
Recommended“I really genuinely think that it's been one of the most impactful things I've read”
Where to get it
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Your Money or Your Life
Discussed“I remember when I was like just on the fire movement I read the book your money or your life”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Die with Zero
“who said that you wrote this book to save people's lives”
Plugged Die with Zero
“um and so when I write a book about optimizing your life like not wasting your time being deliberate with your money and getting the most out of it I feel like I'm doing the same thing to a certain extent”
Plugged Die with Zero
“that's kind of not there in the book right we discuss it you have to get off autopilot”
Plugged Die with Zero
“your money can go and we can still use the principles and die with zero to G fulfillment right”
Plugged Die with Zero
“die with zero aim to die with zero yeah this is a this is one of the axioms of the book”
Plugged Die with Zero
“like I mentioned Greg Whaley in the in in the book you know a friend of mine that likes to go go skiing”
Plugged Die with Zero
“it's like what is going to be the most fulfilling ride I can possibly have when it comes to dying with zero”