Episode · The Ramsey Show · 2026-08-05
Books mentioned on Common Sense Beats Clever Money Hacks
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Proximity Principle
The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman is a career guidance book that outlines strategies for finding meaningful work by intentionally placing oneself around the right people and in the right environments.
Recommended“Hey, hang on. We're going to send you a copy of the Proximity Principle, which is a book that will show you by Ken Coleman how to work the people that are that that you have in your network to help get you into”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Total Money Makeover
“get signed up on I'm going to send you a copy of The Total Money Makeover book, you and your wife read through it and go, "We want a life making $235,000 with no payments but a house payment, and we're going to retire 20 years from today with tens of millions of dollars."”