Know Yourself, Know Your Money – an Interview with Rachel Cruze #294
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
“There's going to be fear - let's make that a tool and see that as a gift to do something different.” – Rachel Cruze
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Understanding yourself is essential to understanding the way you handle money. In this episode, Brian interviews personal finance expert Rachel Cruze about her new book, “Know Yourself, Know Your Money.” Rachel shares why understanding your own behaviors and beliefs will help you to take control and handle your finances better.
YOU WILL LEARN:
- How to eliminate financial fear.
- Why it’s vital to keep learning.
- How to identify the 7 major money tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
https://www.ramseysolutions.com/rachel-cruze
“Know Yourself, Know Your Money,” by Rachel Cruze
“Love Your Life, Not Theirs,” by Rachel Cruze
“Smart Money, Smart Kids,” by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze
“The Voice of the Heart,” by Chip Dodd
“The Shawshank Redemption,” movie
“Shooter,” movie
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Fear is your body's response that you are in need of something.” – Rachel Cruze
“It takes a level of humility to be able to say ‘I don't have it all.’” – Rachel Cruze
“Change is uncomfortable. It's hard. We don't like it. We just want to keep doing what we know.” – Rachel Cruze
“We can justify our purchases to maybe put a BAND-AID over deeper things going on.” – Rachel Cruze
“There's no point being right and being alone.” – Brian Buffini
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to the Brian Bafini Show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies of success. |
| 0:20.0 | Here's your coach, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:23.0 | Music |
| 0:41.0 | Well, the top of the morning, Tio. |
| 0:42.0 | Welcome to the Brian Bafini Show, just delighted to be with you. |
| 0:45.0 | Very excited for you folks, because we have a jam of a guest on the show here today. |
| 0:50.0 | I've been a fan of her long before she was ever even doing this because I've been pals with her dad for about 20 years. |
| 0:57.0 | Her name is Rachel Cruz. She's a national best selling author financial expert host of the racial crew show. |
| 1:04.0 | She's served at Ramsey Solution there since 2010. That's hard to believe. |
| 1:08.0 | Helping people avoid debt, save money and learn how to win with the money game at any stage in life. |
| 1:15.0 | She's written a few books once she wrote with her dad, which I thought was great, which is love your life. |
| 1:19.0 | Not theirs, smart money, smart kids, which I thought was fantastic. |
| 1:23.0 | Smart money has been essential reading for all my family, all six of my kids. |
| 1:28.0 | Her latest book is Know Yourself and Know Your Money. |
| 1:32.0 | I think this is fabulous and we're going to dive into that today. |
| 1:36.0 | Discover what you handle, money the way you do and what to do about it's Rachel Cruz. |
| 1:40.0 | I could go on and on and on. |
| 1:42.0 | Thanks for joining us today. It's just a pleasure to have you. |
| 1:45.0 | Absolutely, Brian. Thanks for having me on. It's so good to see you. |
| 1:48.0 | I know we're just we're talking, but I see you, which is fun too. |
| 1:51.0 | Yeah, that's great. It's great. Well, listen, I talked about I'll be coming out to see you folks in October and hanging out with all the Ramsey crew and your dad and everybody else. |
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