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You Don't Retire on Money | Bill Perkins

17 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this reflective monologue, the speaker argues that true retirement is built on memories rather than financial wealth. Drawing on Warren Buffett’s advice to make money early, the speaker reframes the principle to "invest in memory dividends"—prioritizing experiences and relationships early and often. The talk emphasizes that such investments need not be costly; even zero‑cost activities like watching TV, walking with a child, or teaching a bike ride count as valuable allocations of time. The speaker highlights the finite nature of these moments, noting that opportunities like Jeopardy reruns will persist indefinitely, while a child's ability to engage with a parent diminishes with age. The overall message urges listeners to consciously allocate time toward meaningful experiences now, to ensure a rich, memory‑filled retirement.

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You don't retire on money, you retire on memories. Wow. That's your retirement, right? At that age, you know, depending on your health. And so I'm like, am I investing enough in experiences right now for my retirement? You know, just like Warren Buffett says, you know, to make money, the goal is to make more money early, early, early, early, early and often. Right. I say invest in memory dividends to get memory dividends, invest in experiences early and often. and those investments doesn't need to be a lot of money. No, they can be zero money. Zero money. So sometimes the decisions, you know, a lot of people like, oh, it's easy to say you have money or whatever. I'm like, what about the person who's sitting there and is like, I can watch TV or watch Jeopardy, or I can go walk with my daughter over to grandma's house and have a visit, or I can go teach how to ride a bike. That's an allocation of time decisions. It's like, wait a minute, Jeopardy reruns will be on to the day you die. Rides. your daughter won't be this age where she wants to hang out with you for long. Trust me, I have teenagers. You know what I mean? Trust me, I know.