Dave Ramsey: “Nine Out of Ten Millionaires Did it Themselves.”

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

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Dave Ramsey shares the legendary origin of Earl Nightingale’s The Strangest Secret and the timeless truth that you become what you think about. Through stories of the four-minute mile, millionaire research, and the power of intentionality, Ramsey challenges the “hope-stealers” and reminds listeners that belief, discipline, and consistent action — not luck or inheritance — create lasting wealth.

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0:00.0	And I kept seeing out there the hope stealers.
0:02.5	Y'all ever seen the hope stealers?
0:04.5	The people that will steal your hope that tell you it can't be done.
0:08.0	They're the ones that, you know, E.R. is their spirit animal.
0:11.0	You know?
0:13.0	Oh, it's bad.
0:15.0	America's over.
0:17.0	You're never going to be able to make it.
0:19.0	It's bad.
0:20.0	The little man can't get ahead.
0:23.3	And I was running into these hope stealers everywhere,
0:26.2	and they're telling me no one can do it.
0:28.4	And sophisticated economists who were hope stealers
0:30.7	and people in the media that were hope stealers.
0:33.0	And I'm talking to Baby Step millionaires who go,
0:35.1	Dave, I did it.
0:51.1	Yeah. I'm talking to Baby Step Millionaires. It goes, Dave, I did it. Welcome back to the quote of the day show.
0:53.0	I am your host, Sean Croxton of Sean Croxton.com.
0:57.0	We got Dave Ramsey on the show today.
1:00.1	Today's quote is this.
1:02.2	Nine out of 10 millionaires did it themselves.
1:07.7	We usually hear something different.
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