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Interview with Crown Financial CEO Chuck Bentley on The Root of Riches

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We have a special treat today folks, an interview with Crown Financial Ministries CEO Chuck Bentley about his insightful new book The Root of Riches.

The Root of Riches

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”  1 Tim 6:10

In the interview Chuck shares how our Lord revealed to him what the root is and what a crucial part it plays in our lives.  Chuck’s life was change and now his personal testimony centers around this concept of keeping our hearts and motives pure in relation to money, possessions, and any other idol that gets in the way of us loving Christ fully.

The book focuses on matters of the heart rather than on financial behavior.  This sets it apart from much of the Personal Finance advice given these days, and helps us better understand what a proper relationship with riches should be.

Please enjoy the 12 minute video and head on over to the RootofRiches.org website where you can download a sample chapter of the book for free.  You can also purchase the book to help to support the awesome ministry Chuck and Crown Financial have been doing for decades.

(If you are unable to see the video in your email click here to view it on the web.)

Thanks again to Chuck for sharing his time and ministry with all of us here at Debt Free Adventure.

Dan Miller on Debt, Life Missions, and the Changing Workplace

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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Dan Miller of 48Days.net.  Dan was kind enough to devote several hours of his time to the Debt Free Adventure audience addressing the subjects of debt and career… specifically focusing on breaking barriers while pursuing your passion and succeeding in the changing workplace environment.

Who is Dan Miller?

Dan is a pioneer in the Life Coach movement, the founder of the 48Days.Net community, and two time best selling author who has helped millions of people transition from working jobs they hate, to leading successful, mission-focused work lives.  Dan is also a joyful Christian, father, grandfather, and successful Eaglepreneur.  Find more of Dan by reading his bio, reading his 48Days blog, and by reading his bestselling and powerful books: 48 Days To The Work You Love and No More Dreaded Mondays.

As an added bonus Dan is offering an incredible resource to readers for free… his eBook 48 Low Cost Business Ideas.  Make sure you download and read the book – it’s packed with unique and profitable business ideas that have very low (or no) start up costs.

Dan’s challenge to DFA readers

Folks, this challenge – and piece of advice – from Dan is crucial and very powerful.  If you take nothing else away from this interview article… be sure to spend a few hours contemplating the wisdom he gives below.

Dan advises us to:

“Look inward first.  Take 2 hours to look internally and say, what are my unique skills and abilities, what are my personality tendencies, what are those recurring dreams that I keep having? From that you should be able to create a clear focus and then decide, what kind of work embraces all of those things that I now know about myself? That is the starting point, and that has been the freeing process for a whole lot of people that I have had the privileged of intersecting lives with over the last few years.”

If you are ready for a change and want to take positive action toward that change… take Dan’s challenge seriously and go do this now.

The video interview

Please enjoy… it was a great joy to interview Dan and I hope to collaborate with him more in the future.

(If you are unable to see the video in your email click here to view it on the web.)

Please excuse the quality of the sound and video… it was my first attempt at recording a Skype call.  I wish the quality were better but cannot change it now.  I promise the quality will be better in future videos – but also wanted to share this wise quote on the subject of publishing less than perfect content…

“The man who does things makes mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all – doing nothing.” – Benjamin Franklin

No More Mondays book giveaway

I loved this book so much that I’m giving a copy away to one lucky DFA subscriber.  If you’re already subscribed, you’re already entered to win!  If you’re not subscribed you can enter to win below.  By entering you will also begin receiving free DFA email updates directly in your email!

The winner will be announced on Friday, June 3rd 2011.

Mr. Credit Card Interviews Matt Jabs

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of appearing on Mr. Credit Card’s Blog Talk Radio show.

I had a great time in the interview and ended up talking with Mr. Credit Card for another hour and a half after the show… obviously we had a LOT of interesting things to talk about!

Mr. Credit Card runs a very helpful website that focuses on helping consumers find the best credit cards for their individual needs.

Topics Covered

  1. How I got into debt
  2. How I was rejected for a balance transfer credit card, which I planned to use to consolidate my debt at a lower rate.
  3. My experiences with lending club – and how I successfully used LC to consolidate all my high interest debt at a lower rate!
  4. How my wife and I talk about our finances and how we successfully overcame her anxiety about money and budgets.

The interview covered the above topics plus a whole lot more!

I hope you enjoy!