72 Ways to Prepare ALPO and Love it
By
A.J. Jackson & Eric Hart
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72 Ways to Prepare ALPO and Love It
Copyright © 2011 by A.J. Jackson & Eric Hart
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Growing up, my parents invested a lot of time and energy in making sure our family had everything we needed. My mom was very frugal and my dad worked countless hours. However, they didn’t teach me about how to manage my own money. They always took care of it for me. While they did shield me from having to worry about things like finances, the net result is that I didn’t learn much about managing money. As a result, I was soon piling on the student loan debt, bought a car without knowing how to negotiate and maxing out several credit cards. Not long after I had to sell many of my belongings, just to be able to keep my car in order to get to work to pay the rest of my bills. Something had to change and it did after I discovered many of the things that Dave Ramsey teaches. – A.J. Jackson
I grew up in a broken home and the only thing I knew about money is that we didn’t have any, while I lived with my mother. After moving to my dad and stepmother’s house, things seemed much better, that is until a man came to the front porch and nailed a notice of foreclosure on the support column. By the time I graduated from high school, we had moved at least twenty times, sometimes in the middle of the night. For a short time, we lived in our van or slept in a garage. Thankfully the garage had heat and running water. When I was fourteen years old, I learned about managing money. A lawyer sent a letter to my dad saying pay up or you are going to court. I didn’t want that to happen, because I knew we just couldn’t afford it. So I went to the lawyer’s office and negotiated a payment plan. For the next year, I had my dad give me his bills, I listed them and paid on the everyday ones and paid down on the older debt. This worked well until my dad gave up on it. Even so, I later got in debt after buying a car and spending too much money on it. The car was repossessed and I compounded the problem by getting into debt with student loans. It took a few years, but being inspired by Dave Ramsey, I was able to pay off all of my debt and now enjoy living a debt free lifestyle. - Eric Hart
First and foremost, we want to thank God for giving us the strength to persevere even in the most challenging of times. Next, we want to thank Dave Ramsey. While his concepts are not new, he has helped millions of people take control of their finances. Without his help many of them would be reading a book like this and have to take it seriously. We also want to say "How do you like us now?" to all those who doubted us over the years and scoffed at our insane idea of living without the burden of debt. It took years of dedication and determination to get where we are at in our lives but we firmly believe that with the right knowledge and attitude anyone can live debt free.
Tough times call for drastic measures. Many times things happen in your life that you have absolutely no control over and you are put in a situation that you would never have imagined. This book is the result of someone trying to give you a serious message or you have a great sense of humor. Obviously we DO NOT want you consuming ALPO. It's good for dogs and bad for people. The reality of life is simple, if you do some basic things to prepare for your future, you will not end up having to make choices as to where you will be sleeping or even contemplating eating foods not fit for human consumption. With that being said, read the book, get a good laugh but see the reality that can be avoided.
At the end of the book is a list of reading resources that can help encourage and teach you as you make changes in your life and your financial future. When you take control of your actions, you take control of your life.
Disclaimer: This book is in no way endorsed or supported by the makers of ALPO dog food.
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