Bill Perkins
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I think it was when I was younger when I didn't have any money and I was out trying to conquer things.
And I was having lots of thoughts about what is it all for?
What does it all mean?
I was a screen clerk, which is basically a peon, assistant assistant peon.
And when you're in Manhattan, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a millionaire, right?
Very rich people.
But
When I was younger, I was like, oh, they're old.
Now, they were younger than the age I am right now.
I'm 54.
Right.
But when you're growing up, I was like, oh, gosh, what are they going to do with the money?
Buy another car and drive their kids to school?
Like, what is use of it?
Right.
For me, it was all about the girls and the parties and stuff like that.
Things that a 20 year old, 21 year old, a 22 year old would think.
But.
You know, the more I thought about it and books I read like Your Money or Your Life, which was a very influential book for me, the money wasn't the goal.
The life was the goal.