Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
They treat me as a regular person.
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Values & belief
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Death & what remains
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Identity & self
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is the worst advice you received that you followed anyway?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A sense of humor, integrity, intelligence. Also, factual accuracy.
Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2017 source ↗
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View all 75 →Compassion. Wisdom. Wit. The delicate balance of knowing when I need tough love and when I need support. Plus, call me crazy, but I’m also partial to friends who don’t surreptitiously record our calls.
They take my calls.
Derek Sivers
Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
Vulnerability. Mutual admiration. Wide open communication. Yeah. Those are my big three.
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View profile →Piety. But only when people are overly pious. You can’t be too just. Or too courageous.
Surrounded by my great-great-grandchildren.
Putting my grandchildren to bed.
I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.
Some of the worst advice I've been given doesn't sort of sound like terrible advice. And maybe it's the way I've internalized the advice. Always stand up for your principles is probably good advice. The way I've internalized it is burn your bridges. So I think that--you know what I mean?
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