1. The less judgemental you are the more people you'll allow yourself to talk to.
2. Lots of people want to be talked to but they don't want to take the risk of approaching and getting rejected. Master the art of gracefully accepting rejection and you'll feel confident in approaching people.
I totally agree with you - prejudice is the #1 enemy of the positive networker.
I would add this: Learn to experience things from the perspective of the other person with whom you are attempting to network without giving up too much of your own personal identity in the process, and you will go very far.
