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Winning at money is 80 percent behavior and 20 percent head knowledge. What to do isn’t the problem doing it is. Most of us know what to do, but we just don’t do it. If I can control the guy in the mirror, I can be skinny and rich.

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Dave Ramsey
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 3
Author
Motivational Speaker
Radio Personality
Antioch
Tennessee
Problem
Percent
Control
Head
Rich
Winning
Skinny
Guy
Mirror
Knowledge
Mirrors
Money
Behavior

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