Caroline Lucas: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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.

Caroline Lucas

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.

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

Others on this question

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Adam Kay British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician

Self-destruction.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗

Paula Wilcox

I’m very impatient – next question.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗

Bruno Tonioli Italian choreographer

I don’t think anyone should deplore anything about themselves. You can always improve things, but by deploring you’re putting yourself on a losing streak.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗

Garrison Keillor

Self-denigration, an old strategy for extorting praise from people. (“I am a terrible person.” “No, you’re a wonderful person and we all love you.”)

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2009 source ↗