Ardal O'Hanlon: 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.

Ardal O'Hanlon

Irish comedian and actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I was always a watcher.

The Guardian, The Guardian, 27 December 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

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Pete Rozelle Commissioner of the National Football League, 1960–1989

We had a no-cut agreement when we got married, and the league honored it. She traveled with me at the time, I would not travel alone. She was very helpful, sitting through all the trials with me, and general travels, Washington, Congress, and so forth. She was very supportive. They just put it in the contract that she could always travel with me, which I wanted. It worked out very well. She was quite an asset.

Recorded Rancho Santa Fe, California, Academy of Achievement, 15 May 1991 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 ↗

David Lynch Film director, screenwriter and painter

There are so many people I’ve loved working with, but you’ve got to get the right person for the project.

Recorded Carol Diehl, Interview Magazine, 25 January 2012 source ↗

Ursula K. Le Guin Novelist, poet and essayist

He could do his job teaching, I could do my job writing, and the two of us could do the house and the kids. And it worked out great, but it took full collaboration between him and me.

Recorded Choire Sicha, Interview Magazine, 4 September 2015 source ↗