The Low-Key Financial Mistake We Can All Make

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Ramsey Network

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4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Some things we’ve just gotten used to—like $4 coffee, the F-bomb on TV, and your cousin Fred oversharing on Facebook. But has our nothing-shocks-us society also desensitized us to the effects of living in debt? George and Rachel weigh in. Join them for a New York twist on a classic cocktail and smart money tips to ditch debt and build wealth. In this episode: Things we should find shocking, like a $500 car payment and retiring with a mortgage Sputnik, “Carmageddon” and the gateway drug to debt: the credit score The antidote to overspending (so you can enjoy what you have now while you work for the things you want later) Resources: What to make real progress with your money? Get tickets to Total Money Makeover Weekend today. Get George’s new book, Breaking Free From Broke. Get your finances organized, make a plan, build your confidence, and kick money stress out of your life for good with the EveryDollar budgeting app. Go to www.everydollar.com/smart to get started today. Use code SMARTMONEY to get a free two-week trial and $15 off your premium membership to EveryDollar. Do you have a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George? Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Learn more about your ad choices: https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy: https://www.ramseysolutions.com/company/policies/privacy-policy This Week’s Happy Hour Special: New York Sour Ingredients: 2 ounces bourbon 1 ounce lemon juice 1/2 ounce simple syrup 1 egg white 2 dashes angostura bitters 1/2 ounce claret wine Instructions: Add the bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white into a shaker with ice. Shake it vigorously until it's chilled. Then strain the mixture into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Slowly pour the claret wine over the back of a bar spoon so the wine floats on top of the drink. Voilà! Sip your sour in New York style.

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0:00.0	What if you could get a crash course and everything we teach about money on this
0:03.4	podcast in just one weekend and leave with a plan to put it into action?
0:07.3	Yep, on May 10th and 11th we're putting on a brand new event called Total
0:11.2	Money Makeover Weekend here in Nashville.
0:14.0	Me, George, Dave, and the other personalities will be there.
0:17.0	And we're even going to do a live recording of Smart Money Happy Hour.
0:21.0	That's right. You can send that episode to your friends and your
0:23.3	crush and say I was there I was a part of history. Get your tickets before they
0:28.2	sell out at Ramsey solutions.com slash weekend. Hey guys I'm Rachel Cruz. I'm George Camel and this is Smart Money Happy Hour.
0:42.0	George. George.
0:44.0	Cheers.
0:45.0	Yes and a name.
0:49.0	Delicious.
0:50.0	There it is.
0:51.0	Well, this is the show where two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about.
0:56.0	So everything from pop culture, current events and money.
0:59.0	And we have a special guest today, Rachel.
1:02.0	My producer from my YouTube channel Alex. You got sorry Alex
1:07.2	I was like who's coming in it's different. Sorry to disappoint you it's just producer
1:12.4	Alex filling in for producer Lindsay.
1:14.8	Lindsay is sick. Yeah, so people love Lindsay's voice and her last so you need to bring that.
1:20.5	I'll try. You've been here for two other ones right? Yeah, I've other ones right yeah I've never heard you laugh
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