I haven’t listened to Dave Ramsey in a while.  Usually I find his dealing with certain issues legalistically to be a bit rough for me.  However, my personal preference for grace aside, he’s got a message that I think is important for humans of the world: grow up.  Be an adult.  When people call him for financial advice he almost always tells them the same thing after hearing their situation: face it.  Face the situation and be an adult.  Don’t ignore it any more.

I hate this advice because it usually points out my own maturity problems, but it is what we need to be encouraged to do as humanz.  If you’re having a problem in life it is possible it was thrust on you by someone else or out of your control.  Doesn’t matter.  Face it like an adult.  You may be facing a financial or other hole where you’ve got to dig yourself out.  Face it.  Man up.  Woman up.  Don’t just ignore it until you’ve really, really screwed things up.

I listened to him a bit this last week via his podcast and I can say that if you’re going to talk about politics, religion, money, sex or any other taboo: don’t be afraid to face the root problem, and don’t be afraid to accept responsibility.  You can’t deal with a problem until you’ve owned up to it and understand it.  This counts for money,  but pretty much the rest of life as well.  Trying to do anything else but be an adult about it is just plain stupid.  Dave says that, too.  I don’t prefer it, but it’s probably true.