Rachel Rodgers

It was nice to read a personal finance/business book not written by a white man. I liked the sass, irreverent feminism, and the intersectionality of the text. Rodgers writes in an original voice, and I would like to find more books like this.
Some drawbacks of the book: not everything is actionable, as some topics are left very vague; the "tips" are only applicable if you're already highly educated and/or middle-class; some bits read like the blogposts written by online marketeers selling to other online marketeers; the emphasis on spending lots of money on buying consumer goods and hiring support staff.
Still, it was a fun and occassionally inspiring read.… (altro)

What I took away from this book is the author's conviction, from lived experience, that the current economic model in the US doesn't serve women or people of color. Period. And because this is my lived experience as well, it really resonated. But she doesn't take a rageful or poor-me stance, she just recognizes this fact and then does her own thing. And her own thing is to be an entrepreneur, and to give back to her community of women and POC by writing this book and providing business coaching for others.

Her message of 'if the system doesn't work for you, create your own system' is such an empowered message. Because the truth is, the system DOESN'T work for everyone. And that is the flaw of the system, not of the people.… (altro)

Definitely a book that all women need to read early in their lives so that that they can make better decisions about finances and how they navigate the world.

I appreciated hearing the story of a low-income gal from Queens and the ways she struggled, made mistakes, and learned from those lessons.

I learned about some of the suggestions about outsourcing as much as possible years ago from Ramit Sethi, but without the dollars to pay someone to do these little things, it's harder for one to outsource and free up time that way.… (altro)