Bloom: A 20-year-old possesses roughly two billion seconds of life
Sahil Bloom · The New Rich Do This | Sahil Bloom · Feb 5, 2025 · at 2:40
Sahil Bloom explains investor Graham Duncan's concept of the 'time billionaire' to Codie Sanchez, framing remaining lifespan in terms of billions of seconds.
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“A billion seconds is roughly 30 years. So like when you're 20, you have maybe two billion seconds left. When you're 50, you have a billion seconds. And that idea is a really important one because what it implies is that time is your most precious asset. It is quite literally the only thing that you can't get back.”
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