You Are A Badass At Making Money book review

I went back to work to excel as an entrepreneur. I know, it doesn’t make sense—but let me tell you how this book changed my life.

So, you are a badass. You are a badass at making money… and so am I.

This is a nonfiction book all about money, mindset, and learning how to think differently about wealth. Not just about earning money but actually stepping into the idea of wealth. And that wasn’t something I had really considered before picking this up.

Jen Sincero is very honest throughout the book, and that’s exactly why I was excited to read it.

I’ve been a business owner for the last two years. I’m a podcaster, and podcasting has an entrepreneurial spirit to it because you’re creating something that didn’t already exist.

When I officially opened my business, KD Creative, I started editing podcasts, creating content, doing all the things.

And here’s the reality: you need money to make money.

If I want to run Facebook ads, I need money. If I want to hire a virtual assistant, I need money. If I want to use better scheduling tools, not just the free versions, I need money.

So I went and got a job. Because I needed to make money.

This book has a lot of journaling prompts—things like writing a letter to money, or changing the way you talk about money. Stop saying you’re broke. Stop saying you never have enough.

You have to change your relationship with money.

But Chapter 10? That’s the one.

It’s called “And Now a Word for My Accountant.”

Jen basically says—yes, go after what you want. Yes, manifest it. Yes, write it down. Yes, change your mindset.

But also… you’ve got to hustle.

"You can have excuses or you can have success; you can't have both."

Jen talks about how she paid someone $70,000 to help her get good with money. But if she didn’t have the money, she wouldn’t have been able to get that help.

That part clicked for me.

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For me, it became very simple:

Kyla, you want to do all these things but you don’t have the money for it. So… get a job. And that was hard.

I was laid off in December 2021, and since then I’ve been hustling—editing manuscripts, doing side work, walking dogs, doing whatever I needed to do.

But what I want to do is podcast all day. Record videos. Talk to people.

There’s a gap between where I am and where I want to be.

So how do you finance the middle?

You finance the middle with a job.

After reading that chapter, I was certain. I told myself: I’m going to get a job where I can go to work, do my job, and go home. I just need the income so I can focus on building my business.

That… didn’t happen.

I get invested. I get loyal. I care about what I’m doing.

But still, I followed what the book said and made a list of exactly what I wanted.

Here’s what I wrote down:

• I need to be able to pay $1,400 in daycare every month

• I wrote down how much money I wanted to make

• The kind of people I wanted to work with

• I wanted to wear yoga pants every day

• The skills I wanted to use

• How I wanted work to feel

• I wanted free bagel Fridays (I got free pizza—honestly better)

I also wrote that I wanted the option to work from home.

And now?

I work in-office Tuesday through Thursday, and from home Monday and Friday. I can wear yoga pants… or camo pants… or biker shorts.

I was very specific.

Money, I appreciate you. I need a job to handle some things. This is what I want.

And I got it.

Manifesting and mindset was never really my thing before because I didn’t understand it.

But now?

I’m working to make money so I can become a better entrepreneur.

Because I’m obsessed with learning. I always want to know: How can I improve? How can I be more confident? How can I do better?

And this book helped me start answering those questions.

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Until the next book review, 

Kyla