A Lesson From Beyonce On Rejection

Meghan Stevenson
3 min readJun 10, 2024

When Beyonce’s latest album — Cowboy Carter — came out, I read a fascinating article suggesting that Beyonce and Jay-Z were trying to get approval from the country music industry. It was an opinion piece, so I have no idea how true that is.

But the premise got me thinking, because I see this please-like-me / please-accept-me vibe among the entrepreneurs and experts that I work with. And that’s true…

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Meghan Stevenson

I help entrepreneurs, experts and thought leaders create book proposals that sell to major publishers. I also run marathons, save senior dogs and love the Mets.