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The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

CNLP 707 | Dave Ramsey On How God Broke Him as a Leader, His Top Business Lessons, and Why People Who Think They're Micromanagers Might Not Be

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

Carey Nieuwhof

Management, Business

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Dave Ramsey talks about how going broke, broke him as a person and leader and the difference that's made to his leadership today. He also shares his top business lessons and talks about the keys to empowering large teams.

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0:00.0

The Art of Leadership Network.

0:03.0

Well, we didn't just go broke.

0:04.3

I was broken by it because I had an inordinate amount of confidence.

0:11.1

I think they call it arrogance.

0:13.2

And I have always been able to make money.

0:19.8

And they don't understand what's going on. And they didn't,

0:22.5

really. But that didn't matter. I still set myself up as the borrower slave to the lender.

0:27.7

And I still set up a house of cards.

0:33.9

Welcome to the Kerry Newhoff Leadership podcast. It's Carrie here, and thank you so much for joining us today.

0:39.0

Dave Ramsey is in the house, and we're going to talk about what makes a leader tick.

0:45.1

I mean, he's done this for three decades plus.

0:48.7

And one of the things I'm always interested in, particularly at this stage, is like, what makes leaders like that get up in

0:54.8

the morning? It's not money, because Dave's got lots of it now. But we actually get to the nub of it.

0:59.9

And he talks about how going broke in his 20s, broke him as a person, as a leader, why it still

1:05.7

motivates him today. His top business lessons, you'll want to get your notepad ready because there's a lot here

1:13.2

and why people who think they're micromanagers might not be. We're going to talk about that and

1:18.2

a whole lot more. Hey, welcome to those of you who are new to the podcast. I love having you here.

1:23.3

It is a privilege and it's free to you, but I also know you pay with your time. So I like to bring you the conversation that a lot of other people maybe don't bring you or can't bring you.

1:32.8

Ask questions that are different as though you were sitting down with Dave yourself having a conversation.

1:37.8

So wherever you're listening to this, welcome, whether that's at the gym, at home, on the road. We are so glad you're here. If you haven't

1:44.7

subscribed, it's shocking, but like 70% of the people who listen to this podcast haven't

1:48.7

subscribed, just do it. And that makes a big difference to us and we'll make a big difference

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