#932 - Dave Ramsey - Why Smart People Make Stupid Money Decisions

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Dave Ramsey is a personal finance expert, podcaster, and an author. The rules of money aren’t complicated. Make more than you spend, live below your means. So why is it still so hard to get right? What are the real keys to building wealth, and how do we stop sabotaging ourselves along the way? Expect to learn why you need to become ruthless to become successful, why Gen Z & Millennials face a uniquely different financial landscape than Boomers or Gen X did, the biggest psychological errors people make when it comes to thinking about wealth and business building, how to build a business you love, Why it’s so hard for people to change their financial behavior even when they know what to do, if Is the cost of living crisis a spending crisis or an earning crisis, and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's talk about both of our favorite topics, Dr. John Deloney.
0:03.8	And it's his favorite topic.
0:05.4	It is.
0:10.2	Oh, man.
0:12.9	What a star, though.
0:14.1	I mean, he is blown up.
0:15.6	He's brilliant.
0:16.6	He's quick.
0:17.6	And he's helping a lot of people.
0:19.2	We're real proud of him.
0:20.6	I have no idea how I wasn't familiar with him until relatively recently.
0:25.6	I guess the internet's a big place, right?
0:28.2	But he's great.
0:30.2	He came out to see me here in Austin.
0:32.7	We immediately had that.
0:34.0	Did we just become best friends moment?
0:36.1	And yeah, he's's phenomenal his insights are
0:38.8	great he seems to have i'm gonna put this he's got kind of a ramsie uh signature to him in a way
0:48.9	quite firm uh i would say uh sometimes bordering on scary, moderately intimidating, but also
1:00.2	sort of warm and sort of feels like he's doing it, like a particularly brash uncle that needs
1:06.9	to give you the sort of kick in the ass that you needed. Yeah, that loves you. And,
1:11.1	uh, but I'll tell you the truth. And that, that's what we all try to do around Ramsey and,
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