Bill Perkins

"A startling new philosophy and practical guide to getting the most out of your money-and out of life-for those who value memorable experiences as much as their earnings"--

Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Die with Zero

An interesting philosophy of the use of money over the long term once a certain level of wealth has been achieved. Useful for those over 50 who have their material wants taken care of and family or charities they wish to help. 

Liam Wilton

This book felt very relevant to me and was very thought provoking. It's a great reminder and a good guide to escape the life on autopilot, and think about what experiences I want out of my one life. Most of them I have to do before I'm too old.

Just achieving a higher net worth is not a fulfilling goal in itself. Using all that money on experiences that enable me to live the fullest life I can is its ultimate purpose.

I'll come back in a few year to read again.

Daniel

This book felt very relevant to me and was very thought provoking. It's a great reminder and a good guide to escape the life on autopilot, and think about what experiences I want out of my one life. Most of them I have to do before I'm too old.

Just achieving a higher net worth is not a fulfilling goal in itself. Using all that money on experiences that enable me to live the fullest life I can is its ultimate purpose.

I'll come back in a few year to read again.

Very relevant and thought-provoking ideas for someone, like me, who has always just saved money due to the fear of "running out of money if X happens". This book inspires me to rethink how I live life, and focus on maximizing my life and life experiences. 

Omar Fernandez

Very relevant and thought-provoking ideas for someone, like me, who has always just saved money due to the fear of "running out of money if X happens". This book inspires me to rethink how I live life, and focus on maximizing my life and life experiences. 

In particular, I loved the ideas of: 

- Dying with money left over means that you wasted life energy working/accumulating wealth or saving instead of enjoying money in experiences. Don't trade your life energy for money that you'll waste. 

- Money is almost always more valuable when spent earlier due to health, memory dividends, and impact it can have. Spend accordingly. 

- If you're saving to give to children or charity, don't. Give while alive. 

The core concept of the book (aggressively spending your money with purpose to maximize having experiences/building memories) and some smaller ideas (dying with savings represents hours/years of having worked "for free", etc) are interested. There's a small amount of back-of-envelope financial projections that I think are not very good and detract from the book overall, but it's still a worthwhile read.

Luke C

Keven Wang

Bill is a brilliant natural gas trader. High stakes poker personality 

The book is a bit rambling. A little fluffy. I think the target audience is for people that have reached financial freedom

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

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