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The RSVP your actions send before your excuses show up.
means The state of being ready and disposed to do something, without needing to be forced or begged.
from From 'willing' plus the suffix '-ness.' 'Willing' traces back to Old English 'willa' (desire, will), rooted in the ancient Germanic verb for 'to wish' or 'to want' — the same deep root that gives English the verb 'will' itself. The '-ness' is just the old suffix for turning a quality into a noun, so 'willingness' literally means 'the state of having will toward something.' No twist, no trick — just want, nouned.
- not ability
- Skill asks can you, this asks will you
- cheap talk risk
- Easy to claim, costly to actually prove
- proof form
- Shows up as action, not as promises