Excuses Are Dream Killers

Maryanne Pope
3 min readApr 22, 2024

“Can’t” Usually Means “Won’t”

“99% of the time when we say we “can’t” do something, “can’t” is a euphemism for “won’t.” What does “won’t” mean? Won’t means we’re not willing. In other words, you don’t really want to.”

– Marie Forleo, “Everything is…

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Maryanne Pope

Maryanne writes blogs, books, screenplays & play scripts. She is CEO of Pink Gazelle Productions & Co-Founder of the John Petropoulos Memorial Fund.