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Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 9

Chapter 11

Chapter 17

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

CHAPTER 21
Judge Ye not, Lest Ye be Judged

Features

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Making the first impression

171

Conversational openings

173

Phrases to avoid

175

The story of Stanford University

177


That seems a bit of a flowery title for a chapter, but I wanted to catch your eye and grab your attention. All too often we are too eager to judge others, and one rule of DOGASH is "Do not sit in judgment of others lest they in turn judge you," and as I’ve implied so many times throughout these pages, the true DOGASH entrepreneur in definitely NON-judgmental.

Unfortunately, not everyone has read this book, which means that most people are pre-judgmental and will therefore sit in judgement on you for reading it. Handling this issue was covered in the chapter on criticism, so in this chapter we are going to look into aspects and steps to reduce the risks of your being judged, and of affecting that judgement.

Once again, it all boils down to the confidant YOU and how you feel about yourself, but be warned, do not let self-confidence overflow into arrogance. Otherwise, you will deserve to be judged and I’ll join the line-up.

Arrogance is a state of falsely thinking you are right and that everyone else is wrong, or not wanting to hear the words of others. Notice that I used the word ‘hear’ and not ‘accept.’ You don’t have to accept their words but you do need to hear them. Arrogance and DOGASH entrepreneurship DO NOT go together. ....

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