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Lose the Ego, Win With Money

8 tactics for getting your pride out of the way so the boring plan can work.

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"Ego hates this plan." — Dave Ramsey
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The spending is rarely about the stuff. Behind it sits the need to look successful, to be right, to feel sophisticated. Each call is the ego getting in the way of plain math, and the win comes from setting it down.

Tactic 01

Lose The Ego To Win

A 26-year-old earning $130,000 had $63,000 in debt and felt pressure to buy a house. Dave's framing is that "ego hates this plan," because clearing debt first looks less impressive. Done his way, he is debt-free in about a year.

The play

Clear the debt before the house, even if it means looking less impressive for two years.

Tactic 02

Expect Broke People To Mock The Plan

Tactic 03

Pull With Vision, Not Pressure

Tactic 04

To Be Unclear Is To Be Unkind

Tactic 05

Don't Chase A Tax Break

Tactic 06

You Can't Buy A Relationship

Tactic 07

Build The Generosity Muscle

Tactic 08

Cap The Spending On Purpose

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