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The Excel Tip You’ve Got to Have!

February 2, 2021 /

A Sixty Second Excel Formatting Hack That Could Literally Save Your Ass

Many years ago, when the workplace was only just SLIGHTLY more paper hungry than today, I almost made an expensive mistake. How  expensive? Well, it would have cost me my ass. But I happened to see it coming, and figured out how to avoid it. That hack would stick with me ever since, and save me countless hours of frustration, and loads of embarrassment!

I call it a hack, even though it seems pretty simple. But let me tell you, when I consider how many people I’ve run into who haven’t figured this out, I feel it is worthy of the ‘hack’ designation.

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Cubicle Farm Coping Skills… Start Your Own Posse

January 28, 2021 /

I’ve worked in cubicle farms of one sort or another for well over 15 years now. (I don’t want to figure it any more finely than that, for fear I will start crying and never stop.) For me, it was always hard to find some level upon which I could relate to my coworkers. I always had a hard time feeling like I belonged to the group… or feeling like they were anything like the person I thought I was.

Don’t get me wrong, I was plenty friendly for the most part. Generally an outgoing person, I still always had a part of me that was holding back. So I observed a lot. I saw the people who were always way too happy, the ones who seemed to have a bit of a sharp edge to their anger, the ones who seemed downright creepy, and so on.

And I have to admit I always felt so very apart from them. I worked with them just fine, unless they were out and out horrible people. (But let’s face it, those types usually get “filtered out” before too long.) I guess I felt this way because of the way I was brought up…

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