Episode · The Ramsey Show · 2025-05-30

Books mentioned on Dumb Debt Decisions Won't Accelerate Your Financial Growth

3 books · With Dave Ramsey, Jade Warshaw · Listen · Watch on YouTube

📈 ⁠⁠Are you on track with the Baby Steps? Get a Free Personalized Plan⁠⁠ Dave Ramsey and Jade Warshaw answer your questions and discuss: "Should I be going further into debt to hire lawyers to fight a custody battle with my ex-wife?

Dave Ramsey recommended Build a Business You Love by Dave Ramsey and EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey, and discussed The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop Aesop.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Build a Business You Love

    Dave Ramsey · at 20:34

    Build a Business You Love by Dave Ramsey is a business guide that outlines the foundational stages of entrepreneurship and provides practical advice on launching and operating a successful company from scratch.

    Recommended
    “His first investment needs to be in your book. Build a business. Let me send him send him entree leadership and send him build a business you love.”
    Where to get it
  2. EntreLeadership

    Dave Ramsey · at 20:34

    EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey is a business playbook that outlines the principles and strategies used to grow Ramsey's company from a humble card table in his living room into a multi-million-dollar organization.

    Recommended
    “His first investment needs to be in your book. Build a business. Let me send him send him entree leadership and send him build a business you love.”
    Where to get it
  3. The Tortoise and the Hare

    Aesop Aesop · at 49:40

    The Tortoise and the Hare is a classic Aesop fable that teaches the timeless moral that slow and steady persistence ultimately wins the race over hasty overconfidence.

    Discussed
    “Every time I read the book, The tortoise and the hair, the hair never wins. And you just described the game of the hair.”
    Where to get it