Rogue Reads
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2026-06-10Rogue Reads
Book Audit: The Wealth Ladder (Nick Maggiulli)
Nick Maggiulli's six-level wealth taxonomy, audited. The one paragraph on page 214 that is the whole book, the four 'leverages' that AI is quietly dismantling, and the blind spots it can't see from the top of the ladder. Hearth: would-knock-off-the-desk.
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2026-06-09Rogue Reads
Book Audit: Just Keep Buying (Nick Maggiulli, 2022)
Nick Maggiulli's index-fund manifesto, audited. The continuous-buying case that holds up, the income-over-frugality stance that earns its keep, and why it's the right idea told to people who already have it. Hearth: nap-worthy.
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2026-05-29Rogue Reads
Book Audit: Hidden Profit (Jamie Trull, 2025)
A 2025 small-business finance book that earns its keep by inverting the genre's standard order — literacy and money psychology first, tactics second. Honest credit for the craft, one sharp critique of the lead-magnet wall around the website resources. Hearth's verdict: windowsill-approved, with would-knock-off-the-desk on the email gate.
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2026-05-20Rogue Reads
Book Audit: The Business Exit Companion (Koos Kruger, 2015)
A 2015 exit-planning manual that aged well because it was built to be worked, not sold. What the book gets right, where it shows its age, and who should skip it. Hearth's verdict: windowsill-approved.
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2026-05-12Rogue Reads
Book Audit: Profit First (Mike Michalowicz, 2017 ed.)
A genuinely useful cash-allocation mechanic wrapped in frat-brother packaging. What the book gets right, what is actively bad advice in 2026, and why you read the appendix. Hearth: would-knock-it-off-the-desk.
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2026-05-01Rogue Reads
Book Audit: Your Money or Your Life (Robin & Dominguez)
The founding document of the financial-independence movement, audited. What aged well, what reads like a different monetary universe, and the tools worth harvesting. Hearth: nap-worthy book, windowsill-approved tools.