Naga Munchetty: What lesson has mattered most in your life? — FLAPSS

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What lesson has mattered most in your life?

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Worry about the things you can control and don’t worry about the things you can’t.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

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People remember how you make them feel more than they remember what you say or do.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Showing up is at least 90% of it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗

That you get out of life what you put in. When you grow up on a farm you literally reap what you sow.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2026 source ↗

You are good enough.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 December 2025 source ↗

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not being a scratch golfer.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

Being able to cram the quality of eight hours’ sleep into four.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

The FA Cup final, watching Crystal Palace win.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

Double-glazing sales when I was about 16 – on the phone, cold calling. Horrendous.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

By my friends and loved ones as someone who loved ferociously and always had their back.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

I was 17 and about to go on a first date with my first boyfriend. I was so desperate for my mum not to meet him that I was trying to get to the door before she did. I ran down the stairs as she opened it, and slid down the last five steps on my arse.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

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