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

In the end, the business of life is the acquisition of memories.

long-term care insurance.

number one regret was wishing they’d had the courage to live a life true to themselves—as opposed to the life that others expected of them. It’s a regret about not pursuing your dreams, and therefore having those dreams go unfulfilled.

earlier investments in health would actually yield greater lifetime fulfillment.

That was when I realized that you retire on your memories. When you’re too frail to do much of anything else, you can still look back on the life you’ve lived and experience immense pride, joy, and the bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.

I’m still a big believer in taking risks when you’re young enough to recover from the possible downside—but only if there’s an upside, a reward that makes the risk pay off.

Start actively thinking about the life experiences you’d like to have, and the number of times you’d like to have them.

the day I die and the day I stop being able to enjoy certain experiences are two distinctly different dates.

“What Good Is Wealth Without Health?”