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Chapter 1: What is the main focus of The Ramsey Show?
Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, broadcasting from the pods moving in storage studios. It's the Ramsey Show, where we help people build wealth. do work that they love, and create actual amazing relationships.
Dr. John Deloney, host of the Dr. John Deloney Show, number one best-selling author of the book Own Your Past, Change Your Future, is my co-host today as we talk about your life and your money. He has a brand-new book coming out called Building a Non-Anxious Life. We put it on sale, pre-sale. It comes out technically October 3rd. That's when we'll ship them. But it's on presale right now.
We're talking about it because we're giving you a bunch of extra bonus items to buy it now. In other words, we're going to bribe you to buy it early. And it's working because thousands of people have accepted the bribe.
Hey, I will take it all the way to the bookstore, man. We'll bribe them away.
I'm telling you, building a non-anxious life. You know, there were so many subtitles that are possible, some of which are just humorous. But, yeah, building a non-anxious life in the most freaked out, stressed out, anxious-filled culture in the history of man. That would be a long subtitle. But, yeah, that's really kind of what we are.
We're right in the middle of one of the worst weird times in human history.
It doesn't make any sense until you back out and say, oh, man, we've just created a world that our bodies can't live in. And the world's not going to change. It's going to keep going faster. And the only thing I can control is me. So I got to do something different.
So I think the premise that you started talking about first was in redefining anxieties is that anxiety is not the problem. It's the alarm going off saying there's a problem.
That's right.
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Chapter 2: How can I borrow from a trust to pay for school?
The pipes are running right.
Speaking of word choices.
That's right. But it's not a matter of if. It will, right? I like to think of it like this. This is from our mutual friend, Will Godera. If you look at your life like a water glass... The lower you can keep that water in your glass throughout a day, when life hits you and dumps a bunch of water in it, you can hold it. You can hold it.
But if you have no boundaries and a calendar that runs your life and your elementary school kids run your life and your soccer coach tells you what you're doing every weekend from here to the end of eternity. And your mother-in-law is still cooking dinner. That's exactly right. And a bank tells you what you're going to do tomorrow and you have to sit with an abusive boss. Your marriage is a wreck.
You don't have any friends. Your glass is already brimming, and then when that thing happens, you scream at people and you hit somebody.
And guess what? No amount of pharmaceuticals is going to make that go away.
No, it turns the noise down. It turns that alarm down so that I can go meet with a counselor and a pastor or say the things I need to say to my wife.
So there is a time for pharmaceuticals, but if pharmaceuticals are only masking – the alarm. It's not actually giving you, you're not taking that opportunity then to fix it. Then it's kind of like the student loans being on pause and you don't go get them paid off while they're on pause.
I think that's a great analogy there. Yeah, you had this moment for three years. We have You had a chance. You had a chance. You had a shot.
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Chapter 3: What should I consider when changing jobs?
You can be done by Dr. John Deloney. Here's the thing. You got to get it. It's only $20, and we're going to throw in $75 worth of items, including instant access. to Dr. Deloney's newest talk, Smoke, Fire, and Freedom, that breaks down the mythology that we believe about anxiety and will help you start to reclaim your life right now.
And when the book comes out in October, we'll also ship you not only the book, but the e-book, the audio book of Building a Non-Anxious Life. Again, we've sold thousands of these already. Thank you very much for your response. We appreciate you. And so jump in there and go ahead and get it today at RamseySolutions.com.
And by the way, if you're a Dr. Deloney or a Ramsey fan or both, I'll let you know up front, this helps us because it helps the marketing. All of the sales prior to October 3rd count in the October 3rd week toward the bestseller list. Completely above board, legal. Everybody knows what we're doing. It's all fine. Pre-sales count in that regard. So the pre-sales help us a bunch with the marketing.
And so if you want to help us, go ahead and get it now, and we'll bribe you to do it. $20 book for $20, and you get $75 in free bonus items. Going to RamseySolutions.com. Building a non-anxious life. Look at that guy. Does he not look like, he looks not anxious to me, other than his sewer problem. But he looks, you know.
I think when we took that photo. I mean, his house is sewer problem. I was quite anxious. I think that's when I was realizing, whoa, I need to go, I need to start following some of these things I'm teaching about. I need to read this book. Exactly.
yeah that'll do it that'll do it well redefining anxiety the uh was a little 37 page uh kind of a chapter book we call them quick reads here that we put out and it sold 150 000 copies so i predict that this uh it's one of the things that led us to say hey john yeah and you said yeah this is what we need to do people need help in this area they need guidance in this area they need hope
Well, I really thought I did Redefining Anxiety during the middle of COVID. I thought that when the world opened back up, we'd all saw each other go bananas and we would come together. And the opposite has proven true. It's just we just started throwing matches at all the gasoline puddles. And so it's a mess. But I love that you said that. It's a book about hope, man.
I am pretty optimistic about what comes next.
Absolutely. Absolutely. Building a non-anxious life, Dr. John Deloney at RamseySolutions.com. Hit the store, get the deal. This is The Ramsey Show. Dr. John Deloney, Ramsey personality, is my co-host today. Luna is in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hi, Luna. Welcome to The Ramsey Show.
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Chapter 4: Should I prioritize saving or paying off my mortgage?
But I don't even make over like the threshold to make, you know, pay taxes. So I make next to nothing. My family all lives paycheck to paycheck. But the one saving grace here is like my grandparents, they have a trust and they say that I have 10% of it. when they die. And I'm wondering, like, is it possible to borrow from a trust or get it early? Or what, what can I do?
Because I'm just looking to pay for my living expenses to college.
What were you doing before you went on this adventure?
Um, I really tried to have a family life, but they, uh, they all kind of left but who's they your husband your kids yes i don't have any kids i've got cats but um yeah i i was married for a short time divorced but um my life kind of fell apart for a while and i put it back together and i finally have like a passion and a purpose and i'm
Like I said, I've got a fire under my butt to go back to school and make something of myself. But I'm just, you know, there's not a lot of money out there for students unless you borrow, and that's not a good option.
Can I challenge something real quick? Yeah. You don't got to go make something of yourself. You already got worth right now.
Yeah.
Okay. And you got, I think that fire under your butt honestly is how burned you are because you looked at somebody and you said, I do. And he said, I do. And then he left.
Well, I mean, that's, that's not something that I'm really focusing on here in the future. That's kind of
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Chapter 5: How can I manage anxiety related to finances?
And here's the thing. I'm so sorry. Here's the thing, sweetie.
I'm pretty well balanced now.
I've taught doctoral students. I've walked them through their dissertation. I've worked with law students. I've worked with medical students. I need you to hear what Dave's saying. That probably the greatest gift you could give yourself is to get a one, if not two jobs where you are working really close with animals because it's what you love.
And do that hour in, hour out, day after day, week after week, month after month, and make sure you love this.
And for two or three years, and let yourself have some distance because the lady we're talking to is having trouble going through the conversation, much less through three years of vet school.
And this is two guys who both love our dogs. And we love you.
We want great vets. We want you to win. I want you to win. I'm not trying to be a dream killer. I'm trying to be a nightmare killer. Yeah. And I got a feeling if your grandpa loves you and if he's wise, he will deny your request.
Yeah.
Not because he's being mean, but because he's going to hear and see what we're hearing and seeing. That's my guess. Now, again, it's just a radio show. We've only talked to you for two minutes, honey. But you sound very hurt and very fresh and very raw in talking to you. And that's not saying you haven't done hard work already. But you've got some more healing to do is what it sounds like.
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Chapter 6: What daily choices can improve my mental health?
Or is that something that, you know, just kind of comes with the process.
Well, if you make more money and there's not a gap, it's nothing but upside to changing jobs, right?
Yeah, and that is true. Now, you know, I work in IT, specifically doing, you know, IQA work. A lot of those jobs, are typically contract, so they might not go past three or six months.
But are you doing contract now?
I am, but this has been going on for over three and a half years. Why would you change?
Why would you change from contract to contract?
Just for pay increase.
Okay. Can you get a pay increase becoming a full-time team member instead of contract?
It depends. I mean, it really goes, I think, based off of the company and their needs at the time.
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Chapter 7: How do I prepare for unexpected financial challenges?
That's exactly what that is. And, hey, it's really common, dude, for people who are new to the gang and good on the rabbit holes. that you start to see things that you've done wrong with money or that you realize that you are contributing to the chaos in your home. And one of the unforeseen results of that is you lose trust in yourself and you start to wonder, well, should I do this?
And should I do this? So go back and just ask yourself the question, Should I just quit my job? Would that make me worried? Well, if you don't have any money, yes, that would make me worried. Like Dave said, if the contract is up in three weeks, yeah, that would make me worried. If it's changing for a great job or a six-month job, which is pretty far out there for a tech, cool, man.
So just trust yourself. Even though you've made some mistakes with money, trust yourself.
Yeah, the beauty of where you are is you have realized something, even though you don't realize you realized it, is that your only security is your ability to land on your feet if something happens, meaning you're in a wonderful field that is very hot, and you should be able to land something. And that's great security.
So your security is not artificially some, my company is a big, wonderful company. That doesn't mean squat if they fire your butt tomorrow. So your security is really based in you. And you've already figured that out, sort of. And that's where your security is. So it's not in the length of the contract, but you use that to say, hey, it's a wonderful market. I'm in a wonderful field.
I could make some more money. I'm going to do that in a wise way. And that's where you need to go with this. Steven is with us in Knoxville. Hi, Steven, and welcome to the Ramsey Show.
Hi, Dave. Hey. I've got a question regarding CDs and money markets and paying down mortgage. Me and my wife, we're debt-free except for mortgage, and we like to pay down a little bit every year. But with the CD and money market rates at like 5, 5.25%, Our mortgage rate is at 2.75, and I want to see if it's okay to have money in CDs and money markets versus paying down at this time.
Well, it's not illegal. It's certainly okay. How much is your mortgage?
We have about $95,000 left on it.
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Chapter 8: What resources are available for financial planning?
You can take witch hazel and do a little dance under the moon. Just exercise and eat healthy food, man. Yeah, I know, but what about... Yeah, what about don't eat seven Big Macs?
Pay your house off. Oh, there's that. Pay your house off. Oh, darn. Pay your house off.
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Does it have a date on it? It doesn't, but I would believe early 2000s. It's got to be 20 plus years. Yeah. It's over 20 years ago. Easy. It was before there was color on TV, wasn't it? All right, here's from over 20 years ago what the Ramsey Show, then called the Dave Ramsey Show, might have sounded like.
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Oh, this show used to be so good, Dave. What happened?
well we brought on co-hosts and got rid of blake the good old days you used to walk uphill both ways in the snow yeah that was probably done on a cassette tape actually i'm trying to think i know the voice well the voice on the uh disclaimers blake the other voice what i think was bill hampton is bill hampton yeah is it okay so yeah that's It's over 20 years then. It might be 25 years old.
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