The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The rare moment I don’t believe in myself enough.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2021 source ↗
I can’t stand the way my voice will crack if I’m making a speech. I hate public speaking and the emotion it dredges up.
My complete lack of organisation that affects all part of my life – my living space, my being in touch with people, everything. I am a walking shitshow.
Thinking that I am less-than. That thinking is cunning, baffling, and insidious, and I must guard against it every hour of every day.
Conflict aversion.
The greatest fear I can remember is coming back from WW II and being amazed that I was more afraid to audition for a job than I was flying 52 missions.
Waking up in the morning is as perfect as anything gets.
Dishonesty and insincerity.
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