3 ways to cancel plans last minute in the most professional way possible

It's a popular and growing phenomenon: We say yes, yes, yes to event after event and invitation upon invitation, but then when it comes down to actually attending, we often bail, sometimes at the last minute. It's as though the prospect of plans -- a party, dinner gathering, networking event-- is far more exciting than actually attending the event. The result, of course, is that we end up over-committing and then going back on our promises. When you arrive to work on Monday morning and open up y...