FINANCIAL FREEDOM “The rich ruleth over the poor and the borrower is servant to the lender.” (Proverbs 22:7) Finding FINANCIAL FREEDOM
Global Debt
National Debt
Dollars spent in the lifetime of an average 21-year-old Adults who are unbanked Total revolving debt carried by the average household Credit cards in the average household Amount Americans shelled out in credit card fees in 2004, an 18% increase over the previous year
11 Steps For Getting out of Debt
STEP #1 Acknowledge the Problem
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem
STEP #2 Stop Digging
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging
STEP #3 Make Small Cutbacks
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks
STEP #4 Start an Emergency Fund
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks #4: Start an Emergency Fund
STEP #5 Take Inventory
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks #4: Start an Emergency Fund #5: Take Inventory
STEP #6 Make a Spending Plan
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks #4: Start an Emergency Fund #5: Take Inventory #6: Make a Spending Plan
STEP #7 Control Spending
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks #4: Start an Emergency Fund #5: Take Inventory #6: Make a Spending Plan #7: Control Spending
STEP #8 Pay Bills on Time
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks #4: Start an Emergency Fund #5: Take Inventory #6: Make a Spending Plan #7: Control Spending #8: Pay Bills on Time
STEP #9 Start a Snowball
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks #4: Start an Emergency Fund #5: Take Inventory #6: Make a Spending Plan #7: Control Spending #8: Pay Bills on Time #9: Start a Snowball
STEP #10 Grow Your Income
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks #4: Start an Emergency Fund #5: Take Inventory #6: Make a Spending Plan #7: Control Spending #8: Pay Bills on Time #9: Start a Snowball #10: Grow Your Income
STEP #11 Expand Your Emergency Fund
11 Steps for Getting out of Debt #1: Acknowledge the Problem #2: Stop Digging #3: Make Small Cutbacks #4: Start an Emergency Fund #5: Take Inventory #6: Make a Spending Plan #7: Control Spending #8: Pay Bills on Time #9: Start a Snowball #10: Grow Your Income #11: Expand Your Emergency Fund
FAMILY FINANCIAL FITNESS
*45% of college students with $3,000 + in credit card debt *More students lost to credit card debt than to academic failure *96% increase in number of 18 to 24- year-olds declaring bankruptcy *Personal bankruptcies nearly doubled in the past decade *1.6 million + filed for personal bankruptcy in *Home foreclosures in 2002 reached the highest rate in 30 years.
Once you get out of debt,
STAY OUT OF DEBT!
Resources Dave Ramsey –Financial Peace –The Financial Peace Planner –How to Have More Than Enough –More Than Enough –Financial Peace Revisited –The Total Money Makeover (and workbook) –The Money Answer Book –Priceless: Straight-Shooting, No-Frills Financial Wisdom –EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches Dave Ramsey Show 1:00-4:00 PM 570 AM(KLIF) U.S. Debt Clock: World Debt Clock: