Da Mirror Don't Lie

It is so embarrassing to keep learning the same lessons over and over again in this life, but that's me. I just experienced a 'walk a mile in another man's shoes' situation, and it was a valuable lesson.  It has been a long time since I have worked on a project that wasn't based on one of my scripts, but I decided to take a flyer and work on someone else' independent film.  Wow.  It was rough.  And all the time that this poor kid was self destructing, all I could think was, is this not too damn different from me on one of my projects?  Do I come off with all the charm of a drill sergeant in the rain?  Is it that obvious when I'm directing that I couldn't care less about anything outside of my goals?  Am I that afraid to admit that I was wrong?  I really hope not.  Lesson learned.  (I swear!)