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<\/p>\nIf you speak, write books, or blog, you will get criticism. It is inevitable. I have certainly had my share. I’d like to say that my skin has gotten thicker with age, but it hasn't. Criticism still stings.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Recently, I was tempted to respond to a blogger who had attacked my company. As I was considering what to say, I heard a politician on the radio responding to an opponent who had called him a liar.<\/p>\n
He said,<\/p>\n
A wise friend once told me, ‘Don’t wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pigs like it.’”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That was all I needed to hear. I dropped the issue and moved on.<\/p>\n
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