I recently attended a network event as a panelist on the subject of social media. Before the panel discussion part of the evening began, a group of about one hundred attendees who work in PR and/or own a business, were mixing and mingling in the pre-show drinks and nibbles party. I was standing in a...

My parents instilled a strong work ethic in our family.  To this day, every time my mom hears that I am heading off to work she says, “Work hard and make lots of money.â€� Whether it was to leave the house for my first lawn mowing job or to fly to New York to negotiate a new contract for my c...