Dave Ramsey’s Common Sense Plan for Fixing the Economy

Dave Ramsey is promoting what he calls “The Common Sense Fix” for correcting the economic mess we’re in. All Americans are looking for a solution, but most citizens did not like the proposed $700 billion bailout at all. In fact, I’m told that about 90% of the calls and emails that our representatives received about the proposed bill took a strongly negative stance. Personally, I know I was not that excited about going into the subprime mortgage business with my tax dollars!

This idea will get a lot of promotion over the next several days. Get in on the action by checking out Dave’s plan and sending your thoughts to your state representatives today!

Read all about it at daveramsey.com!

My DISC Personality Profile Revealed!

Okay, I’ve already explained what the DISC profile is and what each of the four letters represent. Now, for the big reveal, the unmasking you’ve all been waiting for! Now you get to see what’s wrong with me!

Let’s look at my DISC chart. I have an extremely high C. In fact, it’s to the top of the box. That means that I’m all about rules, details, information, and order. I’m slow and steady, and I take a while to collect information before moving on a decision.

My D and S are about even, which is actually interesting. My high C and D would naturally lead me to roll right over other people on the way to take care of a task, but my S causes me to slow down and consider the impact my actions and decisions make on others. Honestly, I stay conflicted about that a good deal of the time, because I want to collect information, complete a task, and take care of those around all at the same time. Sometimes, I end up stepping on my own toes.

The constant, however, is that tiny, little-bitty I on the bar chart. I swear, my I looks like a sad, flat little poker chip sitting on the bottom of the box. That I shows my aptitude for social interaction. And, I can’t object. I have a really hard time in groups of new people. I’m not the life of the party, I don’t go looking for new gatherings, and I am most comfortable in small groups of people I know really, really well. This is something I struggle against almost every day, as I strive to follow the biblical model of living in community with others. That stupid low I is what has been keeping me from knocking on my new neighbor’s front door for three weeks now.

The DISC profile report sums me up this way:

• Always looking for logical solutions.
• Always concerned about quality work.
• Objective–”The anchor of reality.”
• Suspicious of people with shallow ideas.
• Accurate and intuitive.
• Presents the facts without emotion.
• Proficient and skilled in his technical specialty.

“Presenting facts without emotion” gets me in trouble sometimes with the geeky mom—and rightly so. That’s the part of my personality that most concerns me as I step into parenthood. This is what’s on my mind lately, so you’ll hear more about it later this week. Welcome to my mania!