Confessions of a Flake

The conversion narrative has come up again at work, inspiring yet another project idea. I will write something called Confessions of a Flake.

Today, I was outflaked ten-fold by someone very successful in his/her field. This stirred a mix of admiration and confusion. So many questions. Can I still be a flake and succeed? Why does this person get to be a flake when I don't? How can I make flakiness work for me?

I don't really want to be a flake, but if it is my nature, there's no point in fighting it.