Johannes Radebe: Which trait in yourself do you like least? — FLAPSS

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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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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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Johannes Radebe

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My default will always be to go for the worst-case scenario and that is something that I am unlearning.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

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Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress

Being hard on myself. I don’t want to pass that on to my daughters, so I’m trying to stop.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗

Too high an expectation of others and myself.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗

Impatience. The inability to ever finish a knitting project.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗

Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

When my trousers split on stage in Burn the Floor in Australia. I had always been warned to wear my flesh underwear and I did not that day.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

Building my mum her dream home.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As someone who cared boldly about people, stood firmly for what he believed in and lifted others when they needed help.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Driven, authentic, resilient.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

I’ll never amount to anything. Who? He was my rival at dance school. It hurt and is something that I’ve always had in the back of my head to defy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

Question When did you last change your mind about something important? Change of mind

I almost pulled out of my first solo tour because of impostor syndrome.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

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