Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

by Bill Perkins

What I am an advocate for is deciding what makes you happy and then converting your money into the experiences you choose.

earning and earning while forgetting that your whole point in earning money is to be able to spend it on the experiences that make your life what it is.

People are more afraid of running out of money than wasting their life, and that’s got to switch. Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not Am I going to have x number of dollars when I’m 80?

Second, don’t underestimate the risk of inaction. Staying the course instead of making bold moves feels safe, but consider what you stand to lose: the life you could have lived if you had mustered the courage to be bolder.