Dave Ramsey
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Podcast Appearances
And the publisher sent me an email one day and said, we just sold our one millionth copy of Financial Peace.
Then my phone rang, and it was my grandmother.
And she said, I was praying for you this morning.
I think you need to get a job.
Isn't that sweet?
She's so sweet.
It was sweet.
They're like, you're not Dave.
Dave is not working.
He's writing books.
Well, I'm just worried about you.
I mean, you're self-employed, and it's not stable.
Go get them, Paul.
I love entrepreneurs.
Don't forget, guys, I started my company on a card table myself.
So I know what it's like to have people counting on you, your team, your family, not to mention your customers.
And when you're the one signing the paychecks, you can't afford to fly blind.
But I'll be honest, early on, one thing that nearly sunk us was wasting time with spreadsheets that didn't add up because business units didn't talk to each other.
I finally told my team, just fix it.
And they did.