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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, this is The Ramsey Show. It's where we help you, America, help you win in your life, specifically with your money, your relationships, and your work. The phone number is 888-825-5225. It's a free call. 888-825-5225. I'm Ken Coleman. John Deloney joins me this hour. And we've got the good doctor is in here.
So this is your mental health and relationship expert. And then I'm in the workspace here at Ramsey. So we don't have a money personality on, but that doesn't mean we aren't going to take money calls. Because we are going to take your money calls, your work-related calls, and then mental health. By the way, they all work together.
John and I were talking about this the other day, about how if your work life is sucking, you're going to drag that home with you. And if your home life is on fire, you're bringing that to the office. So all the calls, money, relationships, work, mental health today, we want to help you. You ready to go?
Yeah.
And by the way, if your money's not going well, there's no way you can be well. That's correct. No matter what you're doing.
If you're driving to work and you don't know if you have the money to put gas in your car, your workday is not going to be great.
That's true. It all works together, man. Absolutely right. So let's start it off with Barbara in Reno, Nevada, they tell me. Not Nevada. Barbara, how can we help?
Hi, Ken. Hi, Dr. John. How are you?
Good. We're having fun. What's going on with you today?
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Chapter 2: How can I help my parents without committing financial infidelity?
Don't move folks. More of your calls coming up. This is the Ramsey show. Welcome back to The Ramsey Show. I'm Ken Coleman, joined by Dr. John Deloney. We are here for you this hour. The phone number to jump in is 888-825-5225. That's 888-825-5225. Let's go to Omaha, Nebraska now, where Jack awaits. Jack, how can we help?
Hi, so I'm 19, and a couple months ago, I had gotten back from vacation with family, and My car, well, my previous car was a Ford fusion 2017. I'd bought it for $15,000. I took out a loan, probably not the best idea. Uh, and within a couple months I had the engine overheating all the time and head gasket started blowing.
So that car I had to like end up fixing, which ended up costing around like two to three grand. And then there was one issue after another and. By July of this year, I had to trade it in and was about $8,000 under on that car loan.
And everybody that was helping me find cars and everything ended up telling me that it would be a great idea to get this Hyundai Tucson 2020, which probably shouldn't take other people's advice that aren't in a great position. But I did, and now I'm having a car payment that's right around $500. a month, six or seven percent interest, and the overall loan's $28,000.
And I'm just curious what you guys think the best route would be to get out of this situation.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of financial infidelity in relationships?
Okay, do you have any cash at all?
I've got a thousand cash, then I've got right around 18,000 in investments.
What kind of investments?
Stock market, just normal ETFs like S&P 500, BTI, and QQQ and stuff.
Okay, well, because these are stocks, this is not a retirement account, because people call all the time on the show and they'll ask us, should I take money from my 401k or retirement accounts to pay off debt? And the answer is no, because you're not getting dollar for dollar there. and you're hurting your investment strategy.
But in this case with the stocks, as volatile as they are, we absolutely in this case would say, yeah, cash out those stocks. That's 18. Of course, you're going to take a little hit on that, but that's going to allow you to make a huge dent in this car. And then my guess is you could knock this thing out with that kind of a headwind. What kind of income do you make?
Right now I'm making about $700 a week after tax.
Okay. All right. So what do you do for a living?
HVAC, and then I got a part-time gas station job.
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Chapter 4: How should I approach helping family financially?
This guy needs the wiffle ball bat treatment. Yeah, there's very rare. Smack him around a little bit.
Jeez.
This whole thing is a wreck. Marie, if I was you or you were my sister or you were my close friend, I would tell you to head directly to a marriage counselor or a therapist by yourself, not a marriage counselor because he's not going to go because you're married to a seven-year-old who has access to adult toys and adult financial institutions.
And I would ask, how do I begin to separate myself from this marriage? Because this is somebody who has cheated on you over and over and over and over again. Over and over again. And there's no way this doesn't just keep happening. And so you're right. If you have to go rent an apartment, you'd pay that much more. Anyway, cool. Then that's what I'm going to go do.
And it's very, very rare that I tell somebody that, but this is somebody that I guarantee you, I'd be willing to, I don't have a lot, but I'd be willing to bet what I got that this isn't the only thing that he is cheating on you. This is not the only way he's cheating on you. Does this feel abusive to you? Yeah, 100%.
This kind of behavior doesn't happen if there's not an alcohol issue, if there's not a drug issue, if there's not somebody on the side issue, if there's not some emotional, psychological abuse. This is a wreck. This doesn't happen in a vacuum like this. And so...
So just the language you're using tells me you have had to separate yourself from this marriage while being stuck inside of it to keep yourself safe and keep yourself fed and keep yourself housed. And it's time for you to be able to breathe and to walk in your own home and drop your shoulders instead of tensing up even more. So I'd go sit with a professional and begin to ask that question.
And if he comes around and says, oh, she's serious, then good on y'all. I always love a last second. Everybody decides we're going to be grownups, but Marie, you're an abusive mess here. It's time to go sit with a professional ASAP.
John, I'm not a fan of separation. It's certainly not divorce. I know there are cases where it needs to happen. This one feels like... I'm glad you told her to go see a therapist. My question putting you on the spot is... Yes, for her. But I would tell her, tell me if I'm wrong, push back here.
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Chapter 5: What is the importance of connecting employees to their impact on customers?
And so I think, here's my dream. I wish every leader, whether you have five people working for you or you run a huge restaurant chain and you have 50,000, You're not just making burgers. You're helping this person find a little bit of margin in time and eat so that they can be with their kids.
If you connect even your front-level employees to how we're helping somebody today, you just become a part of it.
Here's what I wish I could do. I wish I could hop in the car with her and go, Hey, tell me what you're really good at doing.
Chapter 6: How can individuals discover what they are truly passionate about?
And we'd hear some awesome things. And we'd say... Who are the people you really want to help? Or what are some of the problems in the world that make you upset and you would be rewarded if you solve those problems? And you begin to paint a picture that she has a unique design plus a unique story that tied together.
She's got something where she goes, I would actually be really rewarded and fired up to go do that. Oh, and by the way, make some money, have some life balance, leave work at work. Yes. Go home. Love of my friends. Travel the world. Yes. Do some cool things. Give some of that money to somebody.
Or like Tara, the person who takes care of our calendars. If you ask her, what do you put on earth to do to be the best executive assistant who ever lived?
Yeah.
Those kind of things make me want to pull my fingernails out.
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Chapter 7: What should I consider before starting my own business?
I get it.
And every day she wakes up and she's like, I'm going to go make this. I'm going to do the best job I can. And then these guys are going to get where they need to go. And they're going to get to be with their families. And it doesn't matter what jazzes you up. It doesn't have to be an Instagram reel.
But go find that thing. Culture, what we've done here, and adults, what we've done here is we've given these kids the wrong picture of life. It's not work 90,000 hours, hope to have enough left over in your 401k, that that's when I get to enjoy life.
Chapter 8: How can I effectively transition from my current job to a new career?
And it's not work to buy the fanciest car to get you to the job. No, it's work for contribution and adjust your lifestyle to that. I keep coming back to, every time we have these discussions, to the largest millionaire study ever done by Ramsey Solutions, and teachers... A median salary in the United States right now is $61,000 and arguably one of the worst workplaces in America right now.
They're leaving in droves, but they're everyday millionaires. Why?
They make peace with the Corolla.
That's it. You nailed it.
They make peace with the Corolla. That's it. It's a great car. Get me to and from.
I'm going to go help kids. And they're fine with it because they know they're turning on light bulbs every day. And kids that they're teaching are changing the world. Appreciate the video, James. That really is a big, grand discussion.
Hey, James, try to track her down on Instagram. Let's have her on the show.
Wouldn't that be great to actually have her on? That's a brilliant idea. This is The Ramsey Show. Welcome back to The Ramsey Show. I'm Ken Coleman. Dr. John Deloney joins me. 888-825-5225. We're here to help you win in your life, specifically your money, your relationships, mental health, and your work so you can make more money, get in the right seat of the bus, whatever it is.
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