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Disruptors

RANT: Is Debt Really Bad?

Disruptors

Rob Moore

Careers, How To, Business, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Marketing, Investing, Education, Entrepreneurship

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

We are in a cost of living crisis, inflation is high and spending power is low, more and more people are getting into debt. This is the reality, so is there anything you can do and is all debt really bad?   KEY TAKEAWAYS Rob doesn’t believe all debt is bad. It’s not always a bad idea, you just need to learn which debt is dumb and which debt is smart.   Inflation is 10%+ so don’t keep your cash in the bank, use it for leverage for good debt such as property investment.   BEST MOMENTS  “Having cash is dumb unless you want to lose 10% a year”   VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team  ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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0:52.0

Is all debt bad?

0:56.0

Right now we're in a cost of living crisis where inflation is so high and spending power is so low that people are getting more into debt.

1:08.0

There is now fuel and food poverty. People are having to choose between heating and eating, and this is a reality.

1:19.0

Now Dave Ramsey, the American money mentor says that all debt is bad and that debt is dumb.

1:29.0

Let me say that again. He says all debt is bad and debt is dumb. He is wrong.

1:38.0

All debt is not bad and all debt is not dumb. You just have to know which debt is dumb and which debt is smart.

1:50.0

So for example, let's say you say all debt is dumb. Therefore I'm going to keep my cash in the bank.

1:57.0

Well inflation is 10% plus it's more in reality and the banks are giving you less than 1% interest and the banks are printing trillions of pounds in quantitative easing.

2:10.0

Therefore your money is going down by more than 10% a year.

2:16.0

So actually having cash is dumb unless you want to lose 10% a year of course.

2:24.0

But if you took your cash and used it as leverage and gained good debt to say by property investment, then that is smart.

2:35.0

So do you know the difference between good debt and bad debt? That's a question for you. Let me know in the comments.

2:42.0

So bad debt is spending money. Sometimes money you don't have on depreciating liabilities on things that go down in value.

2:52.0

Things that cost you money every month. Good debt is money or leverage or resources you put into assets that appreciate in value that go up in value.

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