Month: June 2020

Posted in Excel, Tutorial

Excel Video Tutorial: How to Build Dynamic Unit Converter

Posted on by Nadia K

With this video, you can learn how to build your own dynamic Unit Converter in Excel, performing very similar to the one on Google’s result page.

GoogleUnitConversion

If you have intermediate Excel skills, you won’t have a problem to follow the step by step instructions and build the Conversion calculator by yourself.

With this mini-project, you will practice the following Excel skills:

  • Dependable drop-down lists with data validation;
  • Defining list names for ranges;
  • Creating tables;
  • Using functions like VLOOKUP, INDIRECT, CONVERT & IFERROR, and last but not least
  • Recording and using macros.

I hope you will enjoy this video and will find the project interesting!

Posted in Books, Motivation, Quotes, success

Seven Reasons You Might Fail to Become the Best in the World, defined by Seth Godin in “The Dip”

Posted on by Nadia K

In his bestselling little book “The Dip”, the famous business marketer and author Seth Godin proves that winners are really the best quitters. Godin helps us understand that winners quit fast and often, and without feeling guilty – until they commit to beating the right Dip.

Every new project, job, or hobby starts out exciting and fun until … it gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip – a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s a total dead-end. What really sets the superstars apart is the ability to know if it’s a dead-end or temporary setback.

Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the challenge, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security.

Do you quit often? Can you handle “the dip”?

Seven Reasons

 

 

If you haven’t yet, consider reading it:

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

Posted in Inspirational, life, Quotes

Martin Luther King Jr.: “You have to keep moving forward.” – Inspirational Quote of the Week

Posted on by Nadia K

Happy Wednesday!

What does it mean to you to keep moving forward? Here are some points on what it means to me and practices and trying to implement:

  • Stay positive, find positive – make the best of a bad situation. Researchers say that up to 80% of our thoughts are negative. You should learn to recognize your negative thoughts and switch to positivity, which will make you feel better about yourself and your life. Imagine having 80 percent positive thoughts!
  • Don’t quit early – you need to try one thing enough times to make it work and learn how to perfect it. If you give up too early you might never build resilience to cope with difficult situations.
  • Keep learning –  whether it’s in the office or in personal life, you stumble upon random things you don’t know but can make your life and work better. Take the time to learn more about them and start using and implementing new techniques.
  • It’s not a race, and you should move at your own speed. Complete one task at a time and then move to the next one. Multitasking is creating stress and overwhelming – it feels like you have a mountain of work on your shoulders, you don’t know where to start and lose a perspective of which task is more important and the priorities overall.
  • Learn to deal with the disappointment – recognize that what you are going through now is not permanent. Take the time to refocus and gain clarity, and prepare for the next challenge.

 

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein

Hope you are keeing your balance and moving forward every day!