Values & belief

Which virtue do you think people overrate?

What does everyone in your world seem to agree on that you think is wrong?

What are you unwilling to optimise?

What belief do you hold that most people around you would reject or find surprising?

When you put your name on something, how thoroughly should you have checked it first — and when have you signed off without checking enough?

What limit should Congress enforce most firmly on a president of your own party?

Under what conditions would you vote to authorize sustained U.S. military hostilities abroad?

What evidence would you require before rejecting a state-certified federal election result?

What do you need to believe in order to get through an ordinary day?

Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

What has life taught you about being human?

What trait do you most dislike in other people?

Is there something in the book you hope readers will question, debate, or disagree with you about?

Which behaviour does your organisation reward in practice, regardless of what its stated values say?

Describe a decision where what was best for the organisation conflicted with what was best for you personally.

How do you respond to unequal needs without quietly lowering expectations for some students?

When did you first understand what enough meant for you?

What responsibility of public office matters most to you when nobody is watching?

What is a lawful use of power that you would still refuse as wrong?

When constituents strongly disagree with your judgment, what should make you hold your position and what should make you change it?

What should be stronger in the institution after you leave, even if nobody credits you for it?

What does your business owe the place and people that support it?

How do you remain compassionate without carrying every patient's suffering home?

What have patients taught you about living that professional training could not?