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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, it's the Ramsey Show, where we help people build wealth, do work that they love, and create actual, amazing relationships. George Campbell, Ramsey personality, YouTube sensation, and newly minted best-selling author is my co-host today. His brand new book, I'm proclaiming it a best-seller. It isn't technically yet, but it will be.
Breaking Free from Broke, The Ultimate Guide to More Money and Less Stress.
Chapter 2: How does George Campbell's new book address financial myths?
And by attacking all of the evil villains out there in the money space, George very carefully and with great craftsmanship unpacks all of the traps that you have to avoid and the people that are out there to get you and in the process gives you hope.
That's the goal. And the feedback has been amazing on that. It's exactly that. People are saying you've dismantled not only the myths, but all of the objections that I've had toward a debt-free lifestyle and the things that you've heard over 30 years, Dave. And I've heard them on the show as we take calls.
And so what I try to do with the book was get in their heads before they could even say it and say, I know what you're thinking right now. I pay off my card every month. I've never paid a dime in interest. We've heard all of these things over 30 years.
Chapter 3: What does it mean to break free from a debt-focused mindset?
And what I wanted to do was not just have some kind of emotional opinion, but actually give you data and research and analogies and empathy and humor to help you understand why your plan ain't working for you so far and a different plan that could actually work.
Well, and you clearly define, I mean, when we talk about it on the show here a lot, what normal is. Normal sucks. And if you're going to be normal, you're messed up. And Romans 12 says, be not conformed to this world.
Chapter 4: How can you transform your financial situation through hope?
Don't be normal, but instead be transformed. How? By the renewing of your mind. And you do that by putting information like this book in, and the result is hope.
Yeah, and it starts with that paradigm shift because why would you even attempt any of this Ramsey plan if you don't believe it's possible? And so when you start to think differently, the renewing of your mind, you begin to act differently. And when you act differently, and we see this on the debt-free stage, you believe that a different life is possible.
It's amazing the relationship between those three.
I'm amazed. People can run through a wall when they have hope. Yeah. And they can't cut paper. They can't find their way out of a wet paper bag when they have believed that the little man can't get ahead. They believe they're trapped. They believe there's no chance of winning because there's plenty of people out there to tell you that. Oh, it's so easy.
You look at the headlines and it's easy to lose hope. It's the natural state of mediocrity and of loser talk and busting through the loser talk and You know, getting, I'm not going to live like this. I'm not going to live like this. And then you see a path. You see, I think I could go from here to over there. I actually see what George is saying. I think it's doable. And that's called hope.
When you open up that path and it's a believable path away from mediocrity, away from friends and relatives that tell you it can't be done.
Well, and I was that guy. I was cynical. Back in 2013, as the guy who fell for all the traps and followed the path society told me, $40,000 in consumer debt, I was cynical toward adulthood. And so I actually end the book with a chapter called Ignorance Was Bliss, because I believe you know too much to still stay broke after reading this book. And so I tell people... It's easy to be cynical.
You can wake up every day and decide to be cynical. What's harder is deciding to be hopeful and choosing hope and then creating the habits that get you out of that mire that you've created. And so I tell people it's not all their fault, but it's their responsibility. No one's going to come saving you. And so you've got to drop the victim mentality for this victor mentality. And it's not easy.
It's not all woo-woo. It takes real action.
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Chapter 5: What financial strategies should I consider for paying off debt?
$75,000.
You told me that. I'm sorry. And you have $15,000. And how much in your emergency fund?
$10,000. Okay.
Go ahead. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
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Chapter 6: How can I effectively use my emergency fund to manage debt?
And then you just got the $5,700 on credit cards. That's it? Right. And our house is $54,000. Okay. But that doesn't come until later. So why can't you reach over with this emergency fund? Why can't you reach over, pay off those credit cards? And let's look at this car. and see about downgrading it.
Chapter 7: What steps should I take to prepare for a career change?
And aren't you done very quickly after you do that?
Pretty much. We just didn't know with that 401K if we should, since we kind of did the baby steps backwards, if we should pull out of that.
We're not going to worry about having done them backwards before. We're going to start going forward right now, okay? Right now, if you started and you'd never heard of us before and you called us today, we would tell you to take everything out of your emergency fund down to $1,000 and throw it at your smallest debt. How much in the emergency fund again?
$10,000.
Okay, so we paid off the credit cards. Now, have you cut up the credit cards yet?
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Chapter 8: How can I balance saving for retirement while paying off my mortgage?
Yes, yes.
You have?
Yeah. All of them? I only have one. What happened is... Is it cut up? It is. It is. What happened is... We had like three or four just little ones, and then we transferred them over for 0% APR for 24 months. But you never paid it off? Didn't work. No, the 24 months don't end until December 30th.
So write a check today and pay off the credit cards.
Now what about the car?
And then you need to sell your car.
Okay. I've already been doubling up on the car. The car's too expensive. It's too expensive for you.
You don't need a $35,000 car when you have a $75,000 income. You shouldn't have vehicles totaling more than half your annual income, and you do because you have another car.
Right. That's the only one we have, though.
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