What do you consider your greatest achievement?

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Recorded Peyton Manning said elsewhere, not written here
To be named Phi Beta Kappa, I was always real proud of that and still consider that one of my proudest achievements.

American Academy of Achievement interview, 22 June 2007 source ↗

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Paul McKenna British hypnotist and TV personality
To have been one of the people who brought hypnotherapy to the world.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2023 source ↗
Kathy Lette Australian-British author
Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Turning my life around. Seeing the level of criminality I was involved with, and coming to the realisation that it was not the life that I should be leading.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗
Archie Panjabi British actress
I am an ambassador for Rotary, and we are very close to eradicating polio. When I was younger, I lived in Mumbai and, as a kid from England, I was traumatised by seeing children on the street without limbs.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗

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Question Which teacher, parent, coach or friend most made you who you are, and what did you learn from them? Relationships
My dad had such a big influence on me, he was kind of all that wrapped into one. Even if we had a guest speaker at our school, or read something in class, or heard about it, I would always go back and check with him. “Is this right? Would you agree with this, Dad?” He had a big influence on me, so he was the guy I went to for advice and the guy I listened to, and still do today.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗
Question What is the best advice you have ever received? Time & hindsight
My dad always told me and my two brothers, “Don’t ever get too proud or too old to say that you love me and to say that you love each other.” “Love” is a pretty commonly used word in our family. When I talk to my brothers now on the phone midday, we always end the conversation saying, “I love you. I love you, bro.”
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington, D.C., 22 June 2007 source ↗

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