612 - Bill Perkins - DIE WITH ZERO!
The James Altucher Show
James Altucher
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host. |
| 0:06.8 | This is the James Altiger Show. |
| 0:12.8 | Today on the James Altiger Show. |
| 0:16.0 | Die with zero. |
| 0:18.0 | So I spoke with Bill Perkins, very successful oil trader. |
| 0:21.7 | He's also a very successful poker player. |
| 0:23.9 | He's made over $5 million playing poker. |
| 0:26.4 | I spoke to him while he was cruising on his yacht outside of Croatia. |
| 0:31.5 | And his whole philosophy is summed up in a book he just wrote called Die with zero. |
| 0:37.5 | And it doesn't matter. |
| 0:39.0 | I believe me, I drill down on this. |
| 0:41.4 | Doesn't matter your age, doesn't matter your income category, your wealth, whether you |
| 0:46.8 | have wealth or not. |
| 0:48.9 | He talks about all the reasons why experiences are more important than money and how you can |
| 0:54.0 | maximize and have an optimal life regardless of money. |
| 0:59.0 | But his whole point is die with zero. |
| 1:01.1 | By the way, much to my surprise, there was a special guest in the middle of this podcast |
| 1:08.0 | on his side. |
| 1:09.5 | So stay tuned, here's the podcast. |
| 1:21.7 | So Bill Perkins on the podcast, Bill, I've heard of you before. |
| 1:25.6 | I mean, I was familiar with your work with John Arnold from way back. |
| 1:29.7 | I was used to be in the hedge fund business as way of a deduction. |
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