Check the Fruit

I have always heard, “If someone has the things you want, become a student and learn from them.” An easier way to say it is look for the person with the b”fruit on the tree.”/bbr /br /Some people may wonder why we choose to follow Dave Ramsey’s advice. nbsp;The answer is simple, b”We checked the fruit and he has the fruit on the tree!” nbsp;/bbr /br /Dave Ramsey became very wealthy in his 20s and lost it all. nbsp;He decided to change his thinking about finances. nbsp;He became a student of a variety of financial sources and developed his own technique in how to help others get out of debt and build wealth. He lived what he teaches and became millionaire for the 2nd time by 40!br /br /a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Total-Money-Makeover-Financial-Fitness/dp/159555078X?ie=UTF8amp;tag=debtfree2010-20amp;link_code=btlamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969″ target=”_blank”The Total Money Makeover/anbsp;is not complicated at allimg alt=”” border=”0″ height=”1″ src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=debtfree2010-20amp;l=btlamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969amp;o=1amp;a=159555078X” style=”border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;” width=”1″ /. nbsp;The way Dave teaches his steps is easy for anyone to understand. nbsp;You don’t need to buy books from every financial guru to figure it out. DR lays it out in a href=”http://www.daveramseyroad.com/p/7-baby-steps.html”Baby Steps/a. nbsp;If you are a visual learner, you can find a locala href=”http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/”nbsp;Financial Peace Universitynbsp;/aclass where the only cost is for a box of materialsi {workbook, book, cds, envelopes, etc}/i. nbsp;Once you get the materials, you are a lifetime member and can attend any FPU class whenever you want, as many times as you want!br /br /Today, my husband posted a comment on Facebook i{ahhh…Facebook}/i and got a response that just gave us a reminder of following the advice of those that have the fruit. nbsp; Here it is:br /br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QcW41mUkp5Y/Ta48Z3FJxMI/AAAAAAAAAY8/tenTrcsn0MY/s1600/fbcovered2.png” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”265″ src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QcW41mUkp5Y/Ta48Z3FJxMI/AAAAAAAAAY8/tenTrcsn0MY/s400/fbcovered2.png” width=”400″ //a/divbr /br /My husband is pointing out that DR has the “fruit on the tree.” Dave Ramsey owns a company free and clear that makes millions of dollars. nbsp;The person commenting does not.br /br /Would you take marriage advice from a person who has been divorced 3 times? Or parenting tips from a person whose children are out of control? nbsp;I wouldn’t. And I definitely will not take financial advice from anyone who does not have the proof to back it up. bi{FRUIT CHECK}/i/bbr /br /Yesterday for my FB status I suggested a button that I would have used today if it existed:br /br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CFcZiqCsz38/Ta5AkFv5_LI/AAAAAAAAAZA/BSxrRk5TGo0/s1600/eyerollcovered.png” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”52″ src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CFcZiqCsz38/Ta5AkFv5_LI/AAAAAAAAAZA/BSxrRk5TGo0/s400/eyerollcovered.png” width=”400″ //a/divbr /div style=”text-align: center;”ispan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: x-small;”b*Blurring and blacking out was done to protect the innocent and the sstupid/snbsp;fruitless./b/span/i/diva href=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy4.png” target=”_blank”img alt=”Anna” border=”0″ src=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy4.png” //a