Carrie Fisher: Who helps you get things done?

The question

Who helps you get things done?

Originally asked

Lifehacker, to people about their working day, How I Work

Lifehacker repeatedly used this exact support-network prompt in its named How I Work questionnaire.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Carrie Fisher

Actor and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My mother.

Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2001 source ↗

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Jia Tolentino Writer

I had help in the form of my friend and former editor Carrie Frye

Recorded Brandon Stosuy, interview, The Creative Independent, 27 April 2022 source ↗

Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

We have two pieces of regrettable news this year. First, Gladys Kaiser, my friend and assistant for twenty-five years, will give up the latter post after the 1993 annual meeting, though she will certainly remain my friend forever. Gladys and I have been a team, and though I knew her retirement was coming, it is still a jolt.

Recorded His letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in the 1992 annual report, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., February 1993 source ↗

Ja’Tovia Gary visual artist and filmmaker

The spiritual practice is West African–derived and earth based, and there’s a process of ancestral veneration that is a hallmark of this tradition. I’m talking to them and seeking their help, petitioning them, thanking them, praising them. Attempting to listen and be led.

Recorded Keisha N. Knight, Filmmaker Magazine, 8 April 2021 source ↗

Steve Jobs Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar

You're missing it. This is not a one-man show. What's reinvigorating this company is two things: One, there's a lot of really talented people in this company who listened to the world tell them they were losers for a couple of years, and some of them were on the verge of starting to believe it themselves. But they're not losers. What they didn't have was a good set of coaches, a good plan.

Recorded Andy Reinhardt, Business Week Q&A in the Apple boardroom, extended online-only version, 25 May 1998 source ↗