Episode · The Ramsey Show · 2025-08-12
Books mentioned on Protect Your Wallet From Other People’s Chaos
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Ken Coleman discussed Shift by Ethan Kross. Dave Ramsey recommended Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition by Henry Cloud and others and Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Shift
Shift by Ethan Kross is a psychology book focused on helping readers manage their emotions and mental mindsets so they do not become overwhelmed by internal stress.
Discussed“And we have Ethan Cross is has been out for a week. It's doing very well. Ethan is a professor and a two-time bestselling author uh on Pivot and it's all about mindset. And so this is all about emotion in the professional setting, in your personal life. How do we shift our mental mindset to win? So it's pretty”
Where to get it
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Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition
Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition by Dr.
Recommended“Dr. Henry Cloud's book, Boundaries, would help your mind. If your phone bill is more than $25 a month, either you're okay setting money on fire or you're just not paying attention.”
Where to get it
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Necessary Endings
Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud is a practical guide that helps individuals identify when situations such as failing businesses, unworkable jobs, or turbulent personal relationships have run their course and need to be deliberately concluded.
Recommended“Um, we use Henry Cloud's book, and Henry's a friend, but we've been using this book for a long, long time, called Necessary Endings. When you lose hope with all logic and sound wisdom that something is going to get better, it needs to end.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged From Paycheck to Purpose
“There's four qualifying questions that I wrote about in in from paycheck to purpose. When you're looking to get qualified, here's four questions you have to answer and it comes up with a very simple doable plan and it's not intimidating.”
Plugged From Paycheck to Purpose
“Hang on, we're going to send you a copy of both books. One that has the clear path, that's paycheck to purpose, and the uh assessment as well.”