You Can’t Win With Money When Your Relationships Are Messy

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Investing, Self-improvement, Education, Business

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 126 minutes

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0:00.0	This episode is filled with some of our best calls and advice.
0:03.3	But unless you take what you hear and put it to work in your own life,
0:07.4	you'll be stuck with the same money stress in 2026.
0:10.5	So make a change and common sense is weird.
0:28.3	So we're here to help you transform your life from the Ramsey Network in the Fairwinds Credit Union Studio.
0:34.8	This is The Ramsey Show.
0:36.4	And I'm Rachel Cruz hosting this hour with
0:38.8	Jade Warshaw. And we're answering your question. So give us a call at AAA 825-5-2-2-25. And when we're
0:46.9	talking about your life, your money, career relationships, anything and everything, we are here
0:51.6	for you. So let's start off in Boston with Miguel. Hi,
0:57.5	welcome to the show. Hey, how's it going? We're doing well. How can we help today?
1:04.1	So today I wanted to ask, so I have a business and I'm contemplating on what I should be next
1:10.3	because I'm also
1:11.5	147,000 in debt and that's including credit cards, student loans, and a car payment.
1:17.5	Okay.
1:18.0	So I want to know if I should sell a business for what I think I'd give value for and then
1:24.0	start fresh and use that lump sum of money to attack like the debt.
1:28.8	What kind of business are you in?
1:32.0	It's a printing business, so merchandise.
1:35.1	What would cause you to sell the business versus using profit from the business to pay down the debt?
1:46.0	I think it's just because I'll collect the lumps of money
1:49.0	and like the business right now is kind of, you know, fluctuating.
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