The question
What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
To keep trying to listen to yourself.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2026 source ↗
You are your own greatest asset.
Evolve or perish.
Talk to people. Learn from them. And put your phone away.
The best way to spend time is to waste it.
As someone with integrity.
Obsequiousness.
Careless cruelty.
Being accepted for who you are but also being encouraged to continue to grow.
My brother Joe, he’s nine years older than me.
Driven, sensitive and playful.
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