Bill Perkins

and then it has you not think of everything in money but in time so instead of going to the movies and say it cost me ten dollars it's like that cost me one hour and 15 minutes of my time to go to this movie to buy this shirt it cost me three hours of my time and so you get this idea that i'm exchanging my life for certain things.

and then it has you not think of everything in money but in time so instead of going to the movies and say it cost me ten dollars it's like that cost me one hour and 15 minutes of my time to go to this movie to buy this shirt it cost me three hours of my time and so you get this idea that i'm exchanging my life for certain things.

The experience of buying a shirt, going to the movie, going on a trip. And that hit me hard. And where were you at this point? This is before you went to Houston? Before I went to Houston. That hit me hard. And that's what really turned me into like, I'm going to save. The two things I got out of it is I won a lot of money. And I'm going to become this very frugal person.

The experience of buying a shirt, going to the movie, going on a trip. And that hit me hard. And where were you at this point? This is before you went to Houston? Before I went to Houston. That hit me hard. And that's what really turned me into like, I'm going to save. The two things I got out of it is I won a lot of money. And I'm going to become this very frugal person.

There's this movement called FIRE, which that book is kind of like the Bible, the precursor to the FIRE movement, which is financial independence, retire early. And I was kind of like an early FIRE guy. I'm going to save my way to riches, right? I'm going to save and then retire early. And sorry, did you know what you wanted to do when you retired? I went on to another autopilot.

There's this movement called FIRE, which that book is kind of like the Bible, the precursor to the FIRE movement, which is financial independence, retire early. And I was kind of like an early FIRE guy. I'm going to save my way to riches, right? I'm going to save and then retire early. And sorry, did you know what you wanted to do when you retired? I went on to another autopilot.

I went on another version of autopilot. I read a book. I got these concepts out of it. And I was like, this is what I'm going to do. I didn't think about the big picture of everything. But certain concepts were coming to me. I exchange hours of my life for money, and then that money is used for the things I want.

I went on another version of autopilot. I read a book. I got these concepts out of it. And I was like, this is what I'm going to do. I didn't think about the big picture of everything. But certain concepts were coming to me. I exchange hours of my life for money, and then that money is used for the things I want.

Let's take the abstract of money out of it and look at what hours of my life are being exchanged for. That was a great concept to sink in very viscerally.

Let's take the abstract of money out of it and look at what hours of my life are being exchanged for. That was a great concept to sink in very viscerally.

Not in a way that you're properly analyzing it, but in more of an intuitive way. Because when you start to think about things in time, it's like, wait a minute, three hours for a shirt? versus going here, having a sandwich and hanging out with my friends or whatever it is, your values start to, you really get in touch with your values because it's not an abstract land.

Not in a way that you're properly analyzing it, but in more of an intuitive way. Because when you start to think about things in time, it's like, wait a minute, three hours for a shirt? versus going here, having a sandwich and hanging out with my friends or whatever it is, your values start to, you really get in touch with your values because it's not an abstract land.

It's like when you're in a casino and they give you chips, it's one of the greatest things to do is give you chips. It's not money, you're tipping $25, you're throwing, let it all ride because it's so abstracted from money. So it's an abstraction on an abstraction. By removing that abstraction, you get closer to your values.

It's like when you're in a casino and they give you chips, it's one of the greatest things to do is give you chips. It's not money, you're tipping $25, you're throwing, let it all ride because it's so abstracted from money. So it's an abstraction on an abstraction. By removing that abstraction, you get closer to your values.

So when you start thinking about things in terms of hours of your life and you have finite hours, you start to really get closer to your values. You can still be on autopilot, but you're closer. And so things like this were happening. And at that time, at the exchange... Like most people, I had like, what is it all for? Like, what do I want? You know, I'm here to get rich, but why?

So when you start thinking about things in terms of hours of your life and you have finite hours, you start to really get closer to your values. You can still be on autopilot, but you're closer. And so things like this were happening. And at that time, at the exchange... Like most people, I had like, what is it all for? Like, what do I want? You know, I'm here to get rich, but why?

No, I'm generally having it with myself and reading books. But I'm still asking myself, but why? What do I want? And I'm remembering conversations that maybe I've had throughout my life. There was a college football player named Dwight Sistrunk and I was trying to do engineering and we were debating something.

No, I'm generally having it with myself and reading books. But I'm still asking myself, but why? What do I want? And I'm remembering conversations that maybe I've had throughout my life. There was a college football player named Dwight Sistrunk and I was trying to do engineering and we were debating something.

He's like, listen, you might want to picket fence and a wife and something like that and that life. I don't want that life. I don't want that cookie cutter life. That's fine for you, but that's not my path. I thought about it and I was like, do I really want that? you know, certain things that he said that he didn't want that I was actually working for, you know, thinking that this was my path.

He's like, listen, you might want to picket fence and a wife and something like that and that life. I don't want that life. I don't want that cookie cutter life. That's fine for you, but that's not my path. I thought about it and I was like, do I really want that? you know, certain things that he said that he didn't want that I was actually working for, you know, thinking that this was my path.