It is said that we don’t like in others what we don’t accept in ourselves. The most difficult for me is to accept somebody who is arrogant and manipulative. And I know that sometimes I’m like that (who isn’t?). I hardly see the positive side of these “qualities”, even if there are some. Yesterday, somebody accused me (in a meeting between friends – what a horror 😉 ) that I was trying to manipulate the discussion – which was partially true, even if it was for a good purpose (for me, usually it’s for saving time).  In other circumstances, I would have been upset, but now I just took note and decided to forgive myself for trying to be manipulative. So, instead of being angry, I continued to participate in the session, which finally proved to be very fruitful. Big step and great experience!