The question
What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Showing up is at least 90% of it.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗
Things, situations, people evolve constantly. Nothing is static.
You are your own greatest asset.
Always sleep on any decision.
Worry about the things you can control and don’t worry about the things you can’t.
Inability to listen.
There are no more interviews.
My lack of foreign language skills.
People finding out my greatest fear.
Hasn’t happened yet, it’s coming.
Quietly somewhat funny.
Toby Stephens, Paul Merson, Michael Flatley, Michelle Visage, Bobbi Brown, Meghann Fahy
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