Why LifeStory Questionnaire…
“I developed the LifeStory Questionnaire (71 currently) by visiting famous sources: Proust’s Questionnaire, Bernard Pivot’s Apostrophes, James Lipton’s Inside the Actor’s Studio, Vanity Fair magazine’s back page, and then remixed with my own homegrown queries to update and enliven the conversation.
The goal was minimalist: to use the least amount of questions to know someone’s life. Also, for it to be Fun! Easier said than done. But, through trial & error, I have developed a full 360° View of a Life that captures each person’s favorite memories and best tales. Because that’s what you really want to preserve: the Happiest, Funniest, Craziest, Most Dramatic & Meaningful Stories from Your Loved One’s Life.”
The legendary French writer Marcel Proust didn’t invent the questionnaire named after him. He simply answered it. Because back in late 19th century France it was a parlor game…
Another Frenchman, the TV talk show host Bernard Pivot, asked his guests a similar questionnaire at the end of his show Apostrophes.
American James Lipton pruned Pivot’s model to make it his own for the TV program Inside the Actor’s Studio.
Around the same time, Vanity Fair magazine began asking celebrities their own form of the Proust questionnaire accompanied on its back page by a Robert Risko caricature portrait.
Our LifeStory Questionnaire takes all its predecessors, throws them in a blender, and pours out 71 in-depth fun-filled questions that capture a Full Life.
To learn more about this gift, reach out, I’d love to hear from you.
Mark Noonan - Founder | Head Interviewer
LifeStory | Link in Bio
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