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Bill Perkins

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512 total appearances

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The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

And he says, it seems like it's about hitting people. I know how to hit people. So they gave him some raggedy uniforms. He comes out for a practice. And in the next practice, he has a brand new uniform. He's all everything, gets recruited to go to University of Iowa to go to college. And so there he is in college in 1959 at the University of Iowa, all badass from Jersey City.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

And he says, it seems like it's about hitting people. I know how to hit people. So they gave him some raggedy uniforms. He comes out for a practice. And in the next practice, he has a brand new uniform. He's all everything, gets recruited to go to University of Iowa to go to college. And so there he is in college in 1959 at the University of Iowa, all badass from Jersey City.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

So he had gone to college. And then my mom went to college. finished college while I think I was like preteen or late teens. But I had the benefit of two college educated parents.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

So he had gone to college. And then my mom went to college. finished college while I think I was like preteen or late teens. But I had the benefit of two college educated parents.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

They saw it later. I'm the kid that didn't take out the garbage. I always say, don't tell your parents your dreams because they'll just piss on them because they've seen you at your worst, at your failures as you're growing. They have this kind of image of you when you were the caterpillar, not the butterfly.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

They saw it later. I'm the kid that didn't take out the garbage. I always say, don't tell your parents your dreams because they'll just piss on them because they've seen you at your worst, at your failures as you're growing. They have this kind of image of you when you were the caterpillar, not the butterfly.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

This is what I want to do. No. You know, they started seeing it. I remember the time when I finally made, I got a raise and I was like, I did the calculation. I'm just like, holy shit, I make more money than my mom. Like I've made it. It was one of the happiest days of my life. I'm like, I'm real. I'm legit. I'm a puppy. Me with my badge. You know, I used to wear around as a badge of honor.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

This is what I want to do. No. You know, they started seeing it. I remember the time when I finally made, I got a raise and I was like, I did the calculation. I'm just like, holy shit, I make more money than my mom. Like I've made it. It was one of the happiest days of my life. I'm like, I'm real. I'm legit. I'm a puppy. Me with my badge. You know, I used to wear around as a badge of honor.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

Like I get onto the New York Mercantile Exchange, etc., But they'd see I'm going out or I'm flying here or I'm doing whatever. And it's like, oh, the kid must be doing okay. It wasn't until I got recruited to go to Houston started buying the assets that adults start buying. And I paid my mom back for something that I did when I was a teenager that she didn't know that they're like, okay.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

Like I get onto the New York Mercantile Exchange, etc., But they'd see I'm going out or I'm flying here or I'm doing whatever. And it's like, oh, the kid must be doing okay. It wasn't until I got recruited to go to Houston started buying the assets that adults start buying. And I paid my mom back for something that I did when I was a teenager that she didn't know that they're like, okay.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

What was that? When I was younger, I had a stick Toyota that my mom had. It was her car. I was driving it. And my friend Pete Theibel. It's like, I want to drive the car. I want to teach him how to drive the car. I want to drive the car. I'm not supposed to drive the car. So anyway, long story short, he hits a gas instead of a clutch, spins the car out.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

What was that? When I was younger, I had a stick Toyota that my mom had. It was her car. I was driving it. And my friend Pete Theibel. It's like, I want to drive the car. I want to teach him how to drive the car. I want to drive the car. I'm not supposed to drive the car. So anyway, long story short, he hits a gas instead of a clutch, spins the car out.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

The back of it spins around, hits a telephone pole. Trump pops up. It has this big, giant dent. I'm like, holy shit. What am I going to do? So I tell my mom the story that we went to go get pizza and parked it and a truck must have hit it on the side or bumped it and went on. And that was my lie to my mom about this car that I felt guilty about.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

The back of it spins around, hits a telephone pole. Trump pops up. It has this big, giant dent. I'm like, holy shit. What am I going to do? So I tell my mom the story that we went to go get pizza and parked it and a truck must have hit it on the side or bumped it and went on. And that was my lie to my mom about this car that I felt guilty about.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

I said, one day I'm going to pay for this car in spades. That happened to my mom. And so one day I gave my mom $40,000 and I was like, mom, remember that time the car had that brown mark on it? We told you it was a truck. Well, this is what really happened. How did she react to that? She started laughing. She goes, I knew something was strange about that.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

I said, one day I'm going to pay for this car in spades. That happened to my mom. And so one day I gave my mom $40,000 and I was like, mom, remember that time the car had that brown mark on it? We told you it was a truck. Well, this is what really happened. How did she react to that? She started laughing. She goes, I knew something was strange about that.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

The story fit, but there was something strange about that. She just kind of laughed and was thankful that won. It was a great investment having that car beat up, but she just kind of laughed and we just reminisced about it.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

The story fit, but there was something strange about that. She just kind of laughed and was thankful that won. It was a great investment having that car beat up, but she just kind of laughed and we just reminisced about it.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

That he did that was kind of bold. You're talking about when Jason took the trip. So Jason... I don't know if our views were very thought out or just wired in, but I was head down. I got to make it. I got to become a trader. I got to have my head down. I'm saving money.

The Peter Attia Drive
Optimizing life for maximum fulfillment | Bill Perkins (#237 rebroadcast)

That he did that was kind of bold. You're talking about when Jason took the trip. So Jason... I don't know if our views were very thought out or just wired in, but I was head down. I got to make it. I got to become a trader. I got to have my head down. I'm saving money.