The question

Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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.

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Vick Hope British television and radio presenter
I can’t say no. I am a people-pleaser, and it means that I burn myself out because I take on too much.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
Fran Healy Scottish musician
I’m incredibly patient with a lot of stuff, but incredibly impatient with other things. I deplore the impatient side.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2024 source ↗

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Yes. Well, one of them I’m holding in my hand right now. And my daughter turned me onto these. She’s now 28. Computer glasses, which I got on Amazon. I don’t know. They were less than $20. But these are yellow-tinted glasses that enlarge things slightly. That has totally changed my comfort in sitting in front of a screen.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 10 December 2018 source ↗

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