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The Iced Coffee Hour

Spend Your Money NOW - Before It’s Too Late! (Bill Perkins Final Warning)

The Iced Coffee Hour

Graham Stephan/Jack Selby

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6679 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2025

⏱️ 151 minutes

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0:00.0

I don't give a shit about saving. I don't give a shit about spending. I care about fulfillment and thriving.

0:04.7

We have all learned to focus on saving your money for your golden years. So our next guest says,

0:10.1

actually do the opposite. I've read your book probably five to six times because I am the exact

0:16.7

opposite. You're afraid of running out of money. I'm afraid of waste of my life. You are living in fear

0:21.7

of something in the future and robbing yourself of your current life. Delayed gratification

0:27.0

indefinitely is no gratification. And unfortunately, your body has a vote and it's going to decay.

0:33.0

And you will not be able to get that gratification to the extent you can now. I mean, Google lists your net worth at over $100 million.

0:41.3

So some people are going to comment that it's not just that easy.

0:44.3

For those who are like, have average intelligence and lots of hustle, there's so many ways to make money.

0:50.3

What's your advice to people with a low income?

0:53.3

Like if you're very poor, the first step you're trying to do is...

1:01.0

Bill Perkins, thank you so much for coming on the iced coffee hour. It's good to be on.

1:05.3

We have two lives, and the second one begins when we realize we only have one. What does this quote mean to you?

1:11.2

It means that I think a lot of people behave as if they're going to live forever or they're going to get a second life, like in video games.

1:18.1

And when you realize that you only have one life, one ride on this planet, you begin to take it a little bit more seriously.

1:25.9

You begin to care a little bit less about what other people think. And you begin to dive it a little bit more seriously. You begin to care a little bit less about what

1:27.8

other people think. And you begin to dive deep and chase after what you really want out of this

1:33.5

ride. It's interesting because I've read your book probably five to six times in total. It's the one

1:40.3

book that people keep telling me to read through because I am the exact opposite of everything that you described in the book. I'm extremely frugal. I like saving money at all costs and I like delaying gratification. For me, I get a lot of peace of mind knowing that like 30 years from now I'll have enough versus living it up today. Right. But is that a fear-based thinking or is that an optimized for fulfillment type thinking?

2:05.5

I would say probably 80% fear, 20% optimization.

2:08.9

Right. And so fear is a great thing that we have, right? It keeps us alive. It keeps us from

2:13.3

being bears or lions on the serengeti when we were in tribe, right? And it prevents you

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