In the final installment of our series Gabby and I discuss why people exclude others from events, starting in childhood and lasting all the way into adulthood.

Topics:

◉ Excluding others because of discomfort.

◉ Omitting people to feel superior and hog the spotlight.

◉ When your friends don't get along and someone has to go.

◉ Creating the perfect ambience in deciding who to invite.

◉ When friends are genuinely looking out for you versus leaving you out.

◉ Summary of what we learned over the series.

Through the story of Kind David, Sam and I try and dissect the details of why it's important to apologize and how one should make amends to a person that they have wronged.

Topics Covered:

◉ Don't just be nice.....

◉ King David did it.....why not you?

◉ When two people wrong one another.

◉ Is their a statue of limitations when it comes to apologies?

Dallas and I pickup from where we last left off in the case of a woman who leaves her dying husband.

Topics Discussed:

◉ Marriage....To Death Do Us Part?

◉ Divorce as a sometimes merciful act.

◉ Seeing the 'soul' in soulmate.

◉ Maintaining integrity in relationships.

◉ Prior service record when evaluating friendships.

I am joined by Mike Loayza, an autodidact or self-taught person who shares his story on becoming an actor and filmmaker.

Topics Hit Upon:

◉ The trouble with school.

◉ Is incidental knowledge ever helpful?

◉ Knowing yourself in order to know what you want to learn.

◉ Fearing true freedom.

In the second part in our series Gabby and I explore the personality traits of extroversion and introversion and discuss whether these are even real.

Topics Mentioned:

◉ Personality tests in the workplace.

◉ Introversion contingent upon group dynamic.

◉ I like people.....but I just want to work alone.....

◉ Extroversion.....fading as the day progresses.

◉ Parental responsibility in fostering healthy social behavior.

◉ Comic Book Boy.....loner or socially misaligned?

This is the first part my series with Gabby where we explore what exactly does it mean to be social and how the lockdown exposed some of the blind spots in the way we interact with people.

Topics Addressed:

◉ How the hustle & bustle of socializing distracted us from the people we were hanging out with.

◉ Are rapid fire conversations socializing?

◉ Giving up on conversations instead of giving up on people.

◉ Should we demand a two way street with the people we are conversing with?

◉ The balance between Relaxation Friends and Business Friends.

◉ Should your friendship circles consist of people who are of diverse interests or homogenous?

Marketing expert Claire Bevan helps me understand the slippery road of healthy self promotion versus attention seeking behavior.

Topics Covered:

◉ Humility versus lack of self-confidence.

◉ Setting a goal for success.

◉ Asking others for help.

◉ When are you too out there?

◉ Metrics of success.