Nicole Bickett – Proust Questionnaire

Nicole Bickett is the Founder and President of VisionBridge. Follow Nicole on Twitter.

1. What is your most marked characteristic? Organization – the need to make sense of things inside a framework.
2. What is the quality you most like in a man? Honesty.
3. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Honesty.
4. What do you most value in your friends? Open, down-to-earth, intelligent, deep thinkers.
5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Procrastination.
6. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Spending time with my husband and two girls with no schedule.
7. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Having no family or friends – they are everything to me!
8. Who are your favorite writers? Mary Doria Russell, Malcolm Gladwell, Phillippa Gregory, Joseph Campbell
9. What is your current state of mind? Blessed.
10. What is your motto? “Follow your bliss.”
11. What is your greatest fear? I’m totally claustrophobic.
12. What is your greatest extravagance? I am so not extravagant.  Hmmm.  Maybe wasting time on things like Facebook or watching nonsense reality shows!
13. On what occasion do you lie? I try not to lie!  The only reason I might lie is if what I might say would potentially hurt someone’s feelings.
14. What do you dislike most about your appearance? My hair.
15. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Perfect and although it’s not a word or phrase:  :)