I can’t deal with any level of stress.
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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.
Impatience. My dad said I was born in a hurry.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2023 source ↗
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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.”)
Too high an expectation of others and myself.
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View profile →“Oh, he’s all about money.” I’ve never charged anyone in all the years I’ve been doing one-to-one work. That’s my gift to the world.
In the Sultan of Brunei’s will.
To have been one of the people who brought hypnotherapy to the world.
I was a Harrods store detective for a day. I was so bad at it, one of the other detectives thought I looked suspicious and reported me.
The most intensive and beautiful golden sunlight. It’s the strongest force in the universe.
People mistaking my kindness for weakness and stealing from me.
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