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Every book Ken Coleman recommended on podcasts
Ken Coleman is a podcast host and financial expert who frequently recommends practical books to callers on The Ramsey Show to help them navigate debt, career choices, and family challenges. When speaking with a caller named AJ, Coleman offered her Dave Ramsey's book The Total Money Makeover so she and her husband could read it together and work their way out of debt. To another caller named Henry, he provided Financial Peace University to help him and his wife learn foundational money management skills. Addressing a complex family situation involving a listener's father, Coleman recommended Henry Cloud's Necessary Endings and Boundaries to help guide difficult relational decisions. Furthermore, Coleman regularly suggests his own best-selling title, The Proximity Principle, to job seekers and callers looking to bypass the traditional resume lottery by building intentional, strategic relationships that foster career growth.
Books recommended by Ken Coleman
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The Proximity Principle
The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman is a career guide that teaches professionals how to leverage their personal networks and build strategic relationships to secure jobs without relying on traditional resume lotteries.
Recommended“I'm going to give you the book The Proximity Principle as my gift to you which will do a deep dive and and help you think through, okay, what are the relationships that I have so that I'm getting around the resume lottery process”
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Dave Ramseys Complete Guide To Money The Handbook Of Financial Peace University
Dave Ramsey's Complete Guide to Money, which functions as the handbook for Financial Peace University, is a personal finance guide focused on eliminating debt and building wealth.
Recommended“we're going to give you Financial Peace University for you and your wife to sit down together and go through it”
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Necessary Endings
Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud is a widely referenced self-help and leadership book that provides a step-by-step framework for knowing when and how to terminate failing relationships, careers, and business ventures.
Recommended“to gift you with two books. I believe we have them here. Christian, I believe we have them. Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud and Boundaries and these books I I think you've got to grasp this.”
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The Total Money Makeover
The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey is a personal finance guide that outlines step-by-step strategies to eliminate debt, build an emergency fund, and achieve long-term financial stability.
Recommended“I'm going to give you uh The Total Money Makeover book and you guys need to read that together”
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Books Ken Coleman wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use Your Money To Create a Life You Love | The Ramsey Show | 2024-09-26 | 1 |
| You Work Too Hard To Be This Broke! | The Ramsey Show | 2024-09-12 | 1 |
| Cut Up Those Credit Cards so You Can Actually Chase Freedom! | The Ramsey Show | 2024-08-23 | 1 |
| How To Protect Your Money During a Turbulent Election Cycle | The Ramsey Show | 2024-08-09 | 2 |
| Fortune Favors Those Who Get Up and Go to Work | The Ramsey Show | 2024-07-12 | 1 |
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“if you're desperate right now financially get my Boy George's book Breaking Free from broke get it right now Ramsey solutions.com”
“Breaking Free from broke desperation leads us to poor financial decisions”
“and I'm going to give you at the end of this call I'm going to give you my book The Proximity Principle, and it's an easy read, and I really think you've got to change up your strategies”
“So, I want to give him a copy of your book, George. that. To to avoid the traps cuz you don't you don't have to be broke to get a lot out of your book. And I want him to have a good path going forward.”
“So August, Rachel, we always have these great deals, right? And uh so we have a bunch of great books on sale for only $12, including my book from Paycheck to Purpose, going to help you figure out what your path is to making money and experiencing meaning.”
“by the way I'm going to give you my book The Proximity principle which for a guy like you who's a learner it's going to give you the absolute formula The Five People You need to be around that will help you get where you want to go”
“I wrote a book I'm going to actually give it to you as a gift here uh when we when when we're finished it's called the proximity principle and it basically is this simple formula the right people plus the right places equals opportunity”
“and so there's four qualifying questions I wrote about in paycheck to purpose what do I need to learn what do I need to do how much is that going to cost how long will it take”
“I'm going to give you a book it's a bestselling book number one bestselling book I wrote called the proximity principle”
“hang on the line we'll get you the proximity principle”
“the book paycheck to purpose”