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I picked up We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers a couple years ago. The cover was pink and the woman on it was brown like me, so it caught my eye. I didn’t get around to reading it until earlier this year. I kept meaning to, but then there were other books to read. You know how it goes. New releases and comfort reads, cover buys and friend recommendations. I finally picked up We Should All Be Millionaires ago and read it through in just a few days.
I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting from this book. I’m used to books written by women about money to be full of justifications and manifestations. With all the change and upheaval I have been through the last few years, the last thing I wanted was a book telling me I can close my eyes and think up what I want and it will appear.
This book was not that.
We Should All Be Millionaires takes an ex-lawyer’s no nonsense approach to building wealth and expects you to put your money where your mouth is.
Who is this book for?
We Should All Be Millionaires is written for women, especially women of color, who are looking for financial and career growth. It’s geared toward women who already have a career or business that they want to progress in. WSABM teaches women to leverage what they have to start making money so they can live the life they want.
What is it about?
Rachel Rodgers, the author of We Should All Be Millionaires, is an ex-lawyer who now owns Hello Seven, a club for women that teaches them to build wealth. Wealth, she says, is what will give us power in this male- and money-driven world.
Rodgers is very passionate about the fact that, as women, and especially women of color, we should all be millionaires to have the power we need and want over our lives and careers. And she is right to be. She uses the first section of the book to give us facts about women in the workplace, how we are discriminated against based on things like gender, skin color, pregnancy, number of children, and even weight. She then begins to give advice on how to negotiate for your rightful salary and how to charge what you’re worth when running your business. If you want those, go read the book. They are important and I think necessary to understand where she’s coming from and where she’s headed with the book. But I’m not going to put them here for the sake of brevity.
My thoughts
This book takes an aggressive approach to making money, at one point challenging the reader to make $10,000 in 10 days. That’s $1000 a day. $125 an hour for an eight-hour day if my math is correct. If you don’t already have the systems in place to attempt this challenge, you’re not going to succeed. We Should All Be Millionaires is geared toward the women who have their systems in place and their services and offerings already ironed out.
I believe this is a very poignant and timely read. Women everywhere ought to be growing in strength and courage. We should demand to be paid what we’re worth. We should be paid what our experience and schooling are worth. And we should be paid what our male counterparts are worth. Because we are just as worthy of being millionaires as men are. Our experience is just as important and our abilities are just as costly as theirs are.
My recommendation
If you don’t already have a business and at least one offering in place, read through this book for enjoyment. Highlight, mark it up, make notes. Type them up if you want. Let it motivate you to get up and get moving and get your business in order. Then, come back to this book and read it again when you have everything in place. It’s going to hit different and sit different with you that second time around, I guarantee it. If you have something to offer, you’ll succeed at that $10k in 10 days challenge. (I haven’t yet. That’s what we’re here for, but we’re getting there.)
I give it five out of five stars. If you are a woman who needs some encouragement or you feel like you’re not being paid what you deserve, I recommend this book to you. And when you’re done with We Should All Be Millionaires, I suggest Do It Scared by Ruth Soukup and Blogging For Profit by Ruth Soukup. If you’re in a place in your life or career that you’re ready to start moving forward and make the money you deserve and the kind of money that will let you live the life you want, these three books are must reads.
But you can’t just read them. You’ve got to get out there and make your dreams happen. You’ve got to get out there and demand what your time and money and expertise are worth.
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