Can’t & Won’t

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“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”

Mae Jemison

There seem to be a lot of “can’t” and “won’t” people in the world. As in people that always find a reason to say “that initiative can’t possibly work” or “that idea won’t work.”

Why does this happen? When do people go from being young toddlers curious about the world and ready to try anything, because they don’t know any better, and instead turn into people that can’t or won’t see the world not for what it is, but for what it could be?

Maybe there is a better question to ask. How do you identify and find the people that don’t know the meaning of can’t and won’t? I know that those are the ones that I want to associate with. Those are the people that I want to work with. Those are the people that add fuel to the fire instead of being the fire extinguishers.

Find those people. Hang with those people. Rub off on them and let them rub off on you. Create magic with them. Do this, and your imagination will never be limited…

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