Bill Perkins

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.

I actually realized, no, I don't want that. I'm pretty hardheaded. It takes a while for these things to seep in.

I actually realized, no, I don't want that. I'm pretty hardheaded. It takes a while for these things to seep in.

Yeah, I guess it took a while for it to finally percolate into some sort of action plan. I'm thinking about these things, but they're not resulting in the proper behavior changes yet. I'm still formulating it. You know, everyone says, I want to be rich before I'm 30 or I'm rich before 40. No one's out there saying, I want to be rich before I'm 86.

Yeah, I guess it took a while for it to finally percolate into some sort of action plan. I'm thinking about these things, but they're not resulting in the proper behavior changes yet. I'm still formulating it. You know, everyone says, I want to be rich before I'm 30 or I'm rich before 40. No one's out there saying, I want to be rich before I'm 86.

So intuitively in there, there's something about the utility of money that it's not as valuable to you later on in life.

So intuitively in there, there's something about the utility of money that it's not as valuable to you later on in life.

I think they also see that Warren can't sprint, dunk a basketball, go wakeboarding. There's a lot of other things too in there that enjoyment. And that's what I thought about. And I thought to myself, if for reading this book, I'm spending hours of my life to acquire these experiences. I mean, experiences in the broadest sense, whether it's going on a walk,

I think they also see that Warren can't sprint, dunk a basketball, go wakeboarding. There's a lot of other things too in there that enjoyment. And that's what I thought about. And I thought to myself, if for reading this book, I'm spending hours of my life to acquire these experiences. I mean, experiences in the broadest sense, whether it's going on a walk,

or being able to choose to go on a walk or go get a sandwich or buy a shirt or whatever. If I'm exchanging hours in my life and I don't go acquire these experiences, I pretty much wasted hours of my life. So that thought hits and it's like, okay, you don't want to leave anything on the table. In the game of life, when I die, you don't want to leave chips on the table, right?

or being able to choose to go on a walk or go get a sandwich or buy a shirt or whatever. If I'm exchanging hours in my life and I don't go acquire these experiences, I pretty much wasted hours of my life. So that thought hits and it's like, okay, you don't want to leave anything on the table. In the game of life, when I die, you don't want to leave chips on the table, right?

Like you want to use all your resources before you die. inherent in that is that your choices, your experiences, those experiences are what make you you. Those are the things that fulfill you. And everybody's going to be different. And so... Consequently, having more of it and enjoying more of it will lead to a more fulfilling life.