Today is December 9 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is "How often can you stay afraid but still move forward?"
People like actor Carrie Fisher believe "Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don't have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow."
Fisher was born on Oct 21 1956, the daughter of Academy Award-nominated actress Debbie Reynolds and pop singer Eddie Fisher.
With her parents divorce, Fisher turned to books and acting. She never finished high school because she appeared in the musical Irene alongside her mother.
Fisher made her film debut in Shampoo (1975) but it was Star Wars that catapulted her to international fame.
In a 2011 interview she said that when she got cast in a 'little science fiction film,' she just thought of it as a bit of fun. But the film "exploded across the firmament of pop culture, taking all of us along with it; it tricked me into becoming a star all on my own."
Over the following decades Fisher appeared in other Star Wars films, stared in other movies and wrote several books.
Unfortunately, Fisher experienced trouble with alcohol and drugs. In 1985, for example, she was rushed to a hospital after accidentally taking an overdose of sleeping pills and prescription drugs.
Fisher also openly discussed her battle with bipolar.
Carrie Fisher's fame as an actress may have rested on just one role in Star Wars but she portrayed a character that would become one of the best known in film history.
She was remarkably frank about her personal difficulties she fought to overcome. "There's a part of me that gets surprised when people think I am brave to talk about what I've gone through she once said, 'I was brave to last through it.'"
Fisher navigated the chaos by openly discussing her problems, moving forward amidst personal difficulties; and challenged herself to grow professionally.
How often can you stay afraid but still move forward?