You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth

There is a useful nugget buried in here about reversing self-defeating attitudes about money. I'll credit the book that much. Unfortunately, the whole book is about mindsets and very little to do with money - the acquiring of it, the managing of it, anything monetary. Just "make a list of [negative thoughts], now rewrite them as [positive thoughts], now make a list of all the awesome things you'll do to make [positive thoughts] happen! You can do it... somehow!"

Oh, but Sincero specifically endorses hiring life coaches and mentors. I'm sure they appreciate the extra business.

Once again, this author offers irresponsible advice that could inspire people to take on massive amounts of debt they can never pay back. I generously gave it two stars because she does cover some topics that are often overlooked, but important to consider, when discussing money. For example, examining your mindset around making money and getting really clear on your "why," as she says. But, I do not buy any of her manifestation bullshit and suggestions to buy things you can't afford in order to "elevate your energy." This isn't middle school. The boy I like isn't going to become into me because I wrote his name on my notebook.

In addition to the bad advice, this book is full of stories from people, including the author, who have become show more rich by doing things like borrowing $85k from a friend to hire a life coach or writing down their dream salary on a piece of paper and then putting a bunch of things on credit so they'd feel motivated to make the money to pay it back. I skimmed over most of these anecdotes because they were boring and sounded made up.

There are so many great personal finance books out there, I could never recommend this one. show less

A book full of magical thinking and terrible advice. People who actually think they can "manifest" destiny by thinking happy thoughts instead of putting in some work should love it.

Reading Jen Sincero’s book ‘You are a badass at making money’ is a really fun and helpful way to shift your mindset to a money-making mindset. The book is written with a lot of sass and curse words which makes it a lot more fun to read and different from other non-fiction books.

This book is really for someone who wants an wider version of the Oprahesque/ The Secret version of power of positive thinking or name it and claim it. It’s more about changing your mindset than it is practical advice for making money.

love Jen and her stories

Another book on faith, gratitude, law of attractions and goals.