You are flaking . . . and I’m not talking about your scalp or the tip of your nose. I’m talking about you flaking on people. You can’t make commitments. You cancel at the very last minute. You say yes to something, but then you always tend to blow it off. Are you someone who decides you want to go to an event, but you blow it off at the last minute because no one else will go with you? Do you know what flaking says about your personality? It shows…

How many times when dating have you had someone flake on you? How many times do you think to yourself, “God this woman (or this man) just keeps flaking on me. Why do I keep giving them a third, fourth and fifth chance?” The reason why you do is because…

What do you believe in? What do you stand for? How do you define yourself as a person in this world?

What are your beliefs? What are you willing to do, and how much are you willing to take?

Who do you respect? Who do you honor? Do you honor yourself? Do you honor who you are as a person?

The other night I was at the Coldplay concert and I was walking through a crowd and I realized: there is a term that many Americans seem to have forgotten. It’s a term that English people seem to overuse, or at least use in various forms.

Whenever you are on the subway – the tube in England – or in a crowded restaurant, and a British person bumps into you, they will immediately look at you and say, “sorry,” or “pardon me,” or “excuse me.” But Americans seem to have this incredible lack of knowledge about the term “excuse me” or the word “sorry.”