Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey
David L. "Dave" Ramsey IIIis an American financial author, radio host, television personality, and motivational speaker. His show and writings strongly focus on encouraging people to get out of debt...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth3 September 1960
CityAntioch, TN
CountryUnited States of America
children character skills
Children who reach the age of eighteen with their entire skills set composed on Nintendo and eating Doritos have been neglected. Their parents neglected to give them the character traits necessary to live successfully.
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Gratitude is really, really attractive. A child who is genuinely grateful makes you want to do anything for her, and that is true of adults as well.
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This is not a game, ... Debt has become a part of who we are. It's become that spoiled child in the grocery store with their lip stuck out: 'I want it. I want it. I deserve it because I breathe air.' And, well, that's an uphill climb in our culture right now, to go against that and say, 'Hey, let's be grownups here. Let's be mature, learn to delay pleasure, save up and pay for things.'
teacher children parent
We are all in the business of sales. Teachers sell students on learning, parents sell their children on making good grades and behaving, and traditional salesmen sell their products.
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My children were taught at an early age how money works and that it comes from hard work. They've been on a commission - not an allowance - since they were little. They learned that if they worked around the house, they got paid. If they didn't work, they didn't get paid.
children moments teach
You have to teach children about money intentionally - create teachable moments.
children feel-good adults
Adults devise a plan and follow it, children do what feels good.
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Even the finance manager said it was a miracle,
kicking
Let some one else take the butt kicking on devaluation.
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We offered to save them about $413,000 a year. They rejected us out of hand.
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Most of the things we buy are wants. And we call them needs, but they're wants.
business type wants
I think that anyone who wants to start their own business can, but not any type of business.
avoid ira unless
You never cash out a 401(k) or IRA to pay off debt, unless it's to avoid a foreclosure or bankruptcy.
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My wife, Sharon, and I started with nothing when we got married. I was driving a 1902 Pinto and eating off a card table.