Bill Perkins

your attitudes change and they pass, that type of thinking in that I need to get things in the right order and use my resources properly, that's going to help you have a more fulfilling life, whether you have zero money or $100 million. There are many people with zero who are having a way more fulfilling life than Warren Buffett, I would say.

your attitudes change and they pass, that type of thinking in that I need to get things in the right order and use my resources properly, that's going to help you have a more fulfilling life, whether you have zero money or $100 million. There are many people with zero who are having a way more fulfilling life than Warren Buffett, I would say.

It illustrates the point. I usually say, you know, there's no amount of money you can pay me to do 10 years in Sing Sing. Right. Not at this age, there's no amount of money. You know, I say that to certain people who are just like always delaying gratification. And I'm like, you're kind of in a jail. Like you're basically doing a version of I'm doing time.

It illustrates the point. I usually say, you know, there's no amount of money you can pay me to do 10 years in Sing Sing. Right. Not at this age, there's no amount of money. You know, I say that to certain people who are just like always delaying gratification. And I'm like, you're kind of in a jail. Like you're basically doing a version of I'm doing time.

Maybe you shouldn't be doing time at this point in your life. And so these are kind of just ways, you know, people absorb information in different ways. You can say it in all kinds of different ways. And then they finally go, aha, I got it. That really spoke to me the way you said it. I try and hit people with different versions of this. You know, one of the things I like to say to people is

Maybe you shouldn't be doing time at this point in your life. And so these are kind of just ways, you know, people absorb information in different ways. You can say it in all kinds of different ways. And then they finally go, aha, I got it. That really spoke to me the way you said it. I try and hit people with different versions of this. You know, one of the things I like to say to people is

Life is like Tetris. You got to get the order right in order to get the high score of net fulfillment. Let's say you're in heaven.

Life is like Tetris. You got to get the order right in order to get the high score of net fulfillment. Let's say you're in heaven.

In the book, I talk about this thing about time buckets, basically that you take your life in segments, any kind of segment you want, 20 to 25, 35 to 40, 50 to 60. You think about leisure, job, career, what experience you want to have in each of those periods. And as you're doing that, you realize that

In the book, I talk about this thing about time buckets, basically that you take your life in segments, any kind of segment you want, 20 to 25, 35 to 40, 50 to 60. You think about leisure, job, career, what experience you want to have in each of those periods. And as you're doing that, you realize that

wait a minute, the going to the clubs and strip clubs and hanging out probably should be before I get married, not after. The reading books to my kids when they're children, this must be in this bucket.

wait a minute, the going to the clubs and strip clubs and hanging out probably should be before I get married, not after. The reading books to my kids when they're children, this must be in this bucket.

Exactly. Or even when they're 13, 14, they don't even want to know you. That's one of the errors I made. You always do it wrong as a parent. You don't want to spend too much time with them, et cetera. It's like, wait a minute, maybe I should have been doing this activity instead of that activity. kind of the die with zero thinking, right? Optimize your life.

Exactly. Or even when they're 13, 14, they don't even want to know you. That's one of the errors I made. You always do it wrong as a parent. You don't want to spend too much time with them, et cetera. It's like, wait a minute, maybe I should have been doing this activity instead of that activity. kind of the die with zero thinking, right? Optimize your life.

You know, the thought experiment, I says, listen, you're up in heaven. You have the bucket of experiences. These are all the choices you can have. And God says, take as much as you want. You're throwing it in. You're like, I want to have sex 30,000 times. And I want to climb Kilimanjaro. And I want to play hockey. I want to be in a high school team.

You know, the thought experiment, I says, listen, you're up in heaven. You have the bucket of experiences. These are all the choices you can have. And God says, take as much as you want. You're throwing it in. You're like, I want to have sex 30,000 times. And I want to climb Kilimanjaro. And I want to play hockey. I want to be in a high school team.

And I want to do, you know, and you're just throwing them in everything. I want to meditate and yoga, right? And then God goes, great. I'm going to let you have all those experiences. But there's one trick. You got to get the order right. And what's it saying is, is if you don't get the order right, like if you save certain experiences to the 80 to 86 bucket, you don't get it.

And I want to do, you know, and you're just throwing them in everything. I want to meditate and yoga, right? And then God goes, great. I'm going to let you have all those experiences. But there's one trick. You got to get the order right. And what's it saying is, is if you don't get the order right, like if you save certain experiences to the 80 to 86 bucket, you don't get it.

Yeah, if you're like nightclub and road trips with your buddies before you're married and you have two kids or whatever, you don't get that. If you don't go backpacking with your friend and youth hostels, et cetera, when you're 21, when you get the shot, you don't get that experience. Or it's a bastardized, not as fulfilling experience. So you don't get the net fulfillment points.

Yeah, if you're like nightclub and road trips with your buddies before you're married and you have two kids or whatever, you don't get that. If you don't go backpacking with your friend and youth hostels, et cetera, when you're 21, when you get the shot, you don't get that experience. Or it's a bastardized, not as fulfilling experience. So you don't get the net fulfillment points.