Focused People Build Wealth—Distracted People Stay Broke

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🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today.
0:13.2	Live from Ramsey headquarters, it's The Ramsey Show, where we help people build wealth, do work that they love, and create amazing relationships.
0:21.3	I'm Rachel Cruz hosting this hour with my good friend and co-hosts of Smart Money Happy
0:25.7	Hour, George Camel. And we will be answering your questions. So give us a call at
0:29.9	AAA-825-5-225. And we'll be answering your questions about your life, your money, relationships,
0:36.7	career, anything and everything.
0:38.5	Give us a call. At first in Miami, we have Sally on the line. Hi, Sally. Welcome to the show.
0:47.1	Hi, thanks so much for taking my call. I'll try to be quick with my question. My husband does well
0:53.3	financially, but he tends to be a bit
0:55.2	controlling with money. He's always taken the inheritance I've received each year and invested
0:59.8	it in the stock market. Recently, I received about 50K, which will probably be the last bit of
1:05.2	inheritance for a while. Since I'm a stay-at-home mom with no allowance, I'd like to keep this
1:10.4	money in a separate savings account in my name only, but he's adamantly against this and wants me to give him the money to invest.
1:18.4	He said he'll give me the monthly dividends as an allowance.
1:22.0	But I'll hope you've more freedom than that.
1:23.8	Oh, geez, Sally.
1:24.8	I don't like the word allowance used when it's not with your own child.
1:30.1	Right.
1:30.6	Is this how it's been your whole marriage?
1:33.8	Yeah, and sometimes I get in allowance and sometimes I don't.
1:38.3	Based on your behavior?
1:39.6	Did you clean up your toys?
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