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10 Hater Statements That Held Me Back
At the beginning of October, I attended the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit in Cleveland, Ohio, where I met Pinky Cole, CEO of , a plant-based burger restaurant chain.
If you ever have the pleasure of meeting Pinky, you will be instantly drawn in by her energy around entrepreneurship and passion for giving back and empowering others.
In October 2023, she published her second book, I Hope You Fail: Ten Hater Statements Holding You Back from Getting Everything You Want. I had the privilege of meeting Pinky at the event and getting a signed copy of the book.
The bold title grabs your attention immediately. In her book, Pinky does a brilliant job of putting a positive spin on the word failure, a word with a traditionally negative connotation, by telling her readers without failure, there is no success.
Pinky walks you through her failures and how she turned her losses into lessons. Each chapter in her book is a hater statement she has been told.
After reading this book, I started reflecting on negative statements people have said to me or that I believed about myself.
