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.
Very impatient, bossy, always late.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 December 2025 source ↗
Speaking negatively to myself.
Self-destruction.
Being overly critical.
Not getting to the point.
Laziness, lack of empathy, lack of humour.
A missionary in Africa – I think that was Sunday school-based.
“You’ll never, ever work.” When you are young and full of hopes and dreams it’s devastating. I am just grateful that I thought: “Well, I’m going to try.”
A glow of wellbeing.
Speedy, bossy, loving.
Lemn Sissay. What happened to him and what he’s done with his life is extraordinary.
Cybill Shepherd, Ina Garten, Courtney Pine, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Kerry Godliman, Bobbi Brown
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