$100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich from My First Million

$100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich

1 hour 23 minutes Posted Nov 2, 2026 at 10:00 am.

) Intro

) How Bill made his money

) Price go up or price go down?

) Maximize risk when young

) The 3 edges of the greatest investors

) The name of the game is to stay in the game

) A decade of intensity

) No parties at 85

) Define your net worth peak

) Shaan reads an email to Bill

) The fear of a wasted life

) Crush your ego

) Set your cookie cutter life on fire

) Reprogramming your brain

) Rewrite for maximum accountability

) Seasons of balance

) Time buckets vs. bucket list

) Plan your year

) What Bill regrets right now

) Don't fuck your future self

) Die With Zero

) Playing the money game for fun

) What Bill spends his money on

) Spending $15M on a painting

) The art of Sylvester Stallone

) Bill's follow-up book

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Episode 878: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Bill Perkins ( https://x.com/bp22 ) about how to die with zero and never have a regret about it.

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