Mixing Radio Shows
For those that may not know, I listen to two radio programs. What I really do is record them and then take those recordings with me to work and listen as I have time. Being the hardware tech does have its advantage. While I working on belt printers (for printing those little price tags on the shelf), portable computers (barcode scanners), and actual computers at the workbench, there is a lot of time that I can listen while I work.
So why did I choose these two?
Being conservative, you can be fairly certain that I was going to go with Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or Sean Hannity for a radio program. I was introduced a local personality through my recording, but I only have so much time to listen and it isn't a whole lot of time. So, Rod Arquette got dropped for balance with Dave Ramsey.
Rush comes off very conservative, but after listening to him a bit I would have to agree with some of his critics on his treatment of some of the callers. Some of his guest hosts I actually like better than Rush, but as I mentioned, my time each day is limited and it is better to just go with a show that I was a bit more comfortable with. As for Sean Hannity, well, my exposure to him was his television program and it just didn't sell me. In fact, he came across as too Republican to me, even though I tend to favor Republican candidates.
Now Glenn Beck is bit into the doom and gloom. While I suspect he's right on many things, I have two things where I strongly feel I must balance my choice with. One, I disagree on what determines who will survive a potential collapse situation as he continually foretells with his doom and gloom. Two, focusing on doom and gloom and you will get what you focus on. If I want a happy future, then I need something that motivates and moves me towards a brighter future that I can believe in.
Dave Ramsey promotes a debt free lifestyle. Many of us have had a culture of debt so thoroughly ingrained into us that we don't realize what freedom it is to not owe money. Having been both debt free and in debt, I have experienced a taste of that freedom. Imagine being able to say, "I don't need the money." Not to pay your bills, not to put food on your table, or to provide yourself with entertainment. When I was debt free, I was even poorer with money than I am now. I did not save. I spent it all. Yet, I had a freedom that only now am I struggling to rediscover. For back then, I once had three or four paychecks in my wallet that I had not yet deposited in my account. I did not desperately need that money. There was no collectors that were going to haunt me, no debt and I bought all my entertainment with cash. I would later convince myself that I should establish my credit, and took on credit for a purchase that I could have paid cash for. Since then, I learned to regret that choice and it wasn't long before I was living paycheck to paycheck like everyone else. I want that freedom back. That is why I feel a strong connection when I listen to Dave Ramsey.
So I listen to Glenn Beck and Dave Ramsey because Glenn sees a problem and Dave has the best solution. Not gold and silver like Glenn Beck often advertises, but rather the skills to financial freedom is the key such as is taught by Dave Ramsey!
Glenn Beck has often danced around the old adage that if you want to change the world that the only thing you can really change is yourself. Once you change yourself, the impact of your change will spread from there. If I really want to be part of movement to keep freedom alive, then I must find my freedom for myself. If I am bound by debt, am I truly free? No. So I seek to become debt free. Yet even before I achieve true financial freedom, I am very aware that by choosing to take a different financial course in life that I have set myself up to value my freedoms even now. I was already committed to becoming debt free, but listening to the Dave Ramsey show does do at least two things for me. One, it reaffirms and provides insight into achieving my financial goals. Two, listening to the Dave Ramsey gives me some potential skills that I can use to share a means to help others achieve financial freedom for themselves. I have done some things that are consistent with the baby steps, but I would have never known they are part of process that one can use to get debt free. In an interesting contrast that helps keep me thinking, not only does Dave Ramsey state that economy is not going to collapse, Dave generally advises callers and listeners to steer clear of precious metals. While I don't agree with all his views on precious metals, one thing I do know that buying precious metals does not teach you financial freedom or money management. And without those skills, no matter of precious metals, or money, will keep you out of financial disaster.
So why did I choose these two?
Being conservative, you can be fairly certain that I was going to go with Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or Sean Hannity for a radio program. I was introduced a local personality through my recording, but I only have so much time to listen and it isn't a whole lot of time. So, Rod Arquette got dropped for balance with Dave Ramsey.
Rush comes off very conservative, but after listening to him a bit I would have to agree with some of his critics on his treatment of some of the callers. Some of his guest hosts I actually like better than Rush, but as I mentioned, my time each day is limited and it is better to just go with a show that I was a bit more comfortable with. As for Sean Hannity, well, my exposure to him was his television program and it just didn't sell me. In fact, he came across as too Republican to me, even though I tend to favor Republican candidates.
Now Glenn Beck is bit into the doom and gloom. While I suspect he's right on many things, I have two things where I strongly feel I must balance my choice with. One, I disagree on what determines who will survive a potential collapse situation as he continually foretells with his doom and gloom. Two, focusing on doom and gloom and you will get what you focus on. If I want a happy future, then I need something that motivates and moves me towards a brighter future that I can believe in.
Dave Ramsey promotes a debt free lifestyle. Many of us have had a culture of debt so thoroughly ingrained into us that we don't realize what freedom it is to not owe money. Having been both debt free and in debt, I have experienced a taste of that freedom. Imagine being able to say, "I don't need the money." Not to pay your bills, not to put food on your table, or to provide yourself with entertainment. When I was debt free, I was even poorer with money than I am now. I did not save. I spent it all. Yet, I had a freedom that only now am I struggling to rediscover. For back then, I once had three or four paychecks in my wallet that I had not yet deposited in my account. I did not desperately need that money. There was no collectors that were going to haunt me, no debt and I bought all my entertainment with cash. I would later convince myself that I should establish my credit, and took on credit for a purchase that I could have paid cash for. Since then, I learned to regret that choice and it wasn't long before I was living paycheck to paycheck like everyone else. I want that freedom back. That is why I feel a strong connection when I listen to Dave Ramsey.
So I listen to Glenn Beck and Dave Ramsey because Glenn sees a problem and Dave has the best solution. Not gold and silver like Glenn Beck often advertises, but rather the skills to financial freedom is the key such as is taught by Dave Ramsey!
Glenn Beck has often danced around the old adage that if you want to change the world that the only thing you can really change is yourself. Once you change yourself, the impact of your change will spread from there. If I really want to be part of movement to keep freedom alive, then I must find my freedom for myself. If I am bound by debt, am I truly free? No. So I seek to become debt free. Yet even before I achieve true financial freedom, I am very aware that by choosing to take a different financial course in life that I have set myself up to value my freedoms even now. I was already committed to becoming debt free, but listening to the Dave Ramsey show does do at least two things for me. One, it reaffirms and provides insight into achieving my financial goals. Two, listening to the Dave Ramsey gives me some potential skills that I can use to share a means to help others achieve financial freedom for themselves. I have done some things that are consistent with the baby steps, but I would have never known they are part of process that one can use to get debt free. In an interesting contrast that helps keep me thinking, not only does Dave Ramsey state that economy is not going to collapse, Dave generally advises callers and listeners to steer clear of precious metals. While I don't agree with all his views on precious metals, one thing I do know that buying precious metals does not teach you financial freedom or money management. And without those skills, no matter of precious metals, or money, will keep you out of financial disaster.