Marie Kondo: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Marie Kondo said elsewhere, not written here

It’s still a work in progress, but I would have to say, organising the world. With all the KonMari consultants around the world, and those that read my books or watched the Netflix shows, we are definitely making a difference.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

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Rosie Jones British comedian and actress

My books. There’s no greater feeling than a disabled child coming up to me and saying, “I’ve never seen myself in a book before.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2022 source ↗

Michael Ball English singer, presenter and actor

I am pretty proud of having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗

Marc Almond English singer

Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗

Maggie Aderin-Pocock British space scientist and science educator

Over the last eight years I have been privileged to see 250,000 schoolkids across the world and tell them my story – a kid with dyslexia from a broken home becoming a space scientist – and inspire them to do something they dream about.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 March 2016 source ↗