Dave Ramsey

So we're not doing it yet.

Okay.

Because it's your job before God to manage this money, not theirs.

And so we don't do stuff until we understand it.

And if it's brand new and you're brand new to it, that's okay.

You don't know how to ride a bicycle yet.

You just got your first bicycle.

So it may take a minute to balance, right?

That's okay.

But you don't go buy a $30,000 Harley and you can't ride a bicycle.

Yes.

Okay.

And so we get our skills up and our competence and confidence up, and that will give you great peace about this.

Principle number three, go slower than you think you should.

For some reason, we feel like we have to become competent and sophisticated overnight, right?

And it takes a little while.

The first time you buy a house, you've never seen that much paperwork.

The first time you open a mutual fund, you've never seen that much paperwork.

The first time, you know, when you're eight years old and you open a bank account, it's intimidating.

But once you've opened 30 of them, it's not a big deal.