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Have the Guts to Fail

The CEO’s Guide to Turning Setbacks into Strength, Vulnerability into Courage, and Adversity into Breakthrough Success

What if failure wasn’t the end…

but the invitation?

In Have the Guts to Fail, Melissa Manelli takes you on a soul-baring, executive-shaking journey from trauma to transformation.

After fleeing an abusive marriage and losing everything, Melissa didn’t just rebuild her life — she redefined success. And from the ashes, she built a practical, repeatable framework for personal and professional reinvention: The Triple A Method.

This book isn’t about chasing perfection.

It’s about learning how to lead yourself through the fire — with intention, emotional intelligence, and a faith that refuses to quit.

Whether you’re a high-performing leader, an entrepreneur at a crossroads, or someone quietly breaking under the pressure of “having it all,” Have the Guts to Fail will speak to the part of you still fighting to believe in what’s next.

This isn’t a business book. It’s a healing. A reckoning.
A revolution in how we define leadership, resilience, and success.

Because real success is peace — not applause.
And real leaders don’t hide their wounds.
They heal them. And lead from them.