I must have been born the shyest person on earth.  As a kid, I never raised my hand in school and barely talked to friends.  During freshman year of high school I spent my lunch hours “pretending” to talk on a payphone to avoid talking to anyone in person.  Despite months of work to qualify for National Championships, I barely spoke one or two sentences to my UCLA Mock Trial team. ...

You’re all set on networking.  You update your status on Facebook every two hours, have a religious following on Twitter, have thousands of connections on LinkedIn, and you’ve positioned your blog as the next Perez Hilton.  Good for you!  In an age where teenagers would rather text than have regular conversations, you’ve covered all the bases on networking, right?  Wrong. Social...