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Die With Zero by Bill Perkins: Review, Summary of All Nine Rules, How to Use It and Books to Read Next

October 16, 2026 · Episode 59 · 14 min

Chapters

  1. Cold Open
  2. Welcome
  3. The Review
  4. The Summary
  5. Putting It To Work
  6. What To Read Next
  7. Outro

Why work and save for decades, only to die with a pile of money you never enjoyed? Hailey reviews Bill Perkins's Die With Zero, summarizes all nine rules, shares six ways to put the ideas to work plus two cautions, and recommends six books to read next. No spoilers, and this is a book review, not financial advice.

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Books mentioned in this episode
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko
Die Broke by Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:22 Welcome
1:06 The Review
4:53 The Summary
8:43 Putting It To Work
11:23 What To Read Next
13:35 Outro

Scores, the full written review and the videos

Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).

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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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