Essentialism (Virgin Books, 2014)

Essentialism is a great concept and well explained and described in this book. Lots of examples and ways to include it in your life.

It is a different mindset and will take a while to implement and incorporate.

I read this book with Deep Work by Cal Newport they compliment each other.

Highly recommend.

Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better.

Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills.

Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.
Jim Rohn (1930 – 2009)

Deep Work (Piatkus, 2016)

A good book to encourage and motivate you to focus more.

Social media and the internet are designed to keep your eyeballs on the screen. This doesn’t get the worthwhile work done.

Moderation is tough in anything and with the dice loaded against you its hard to limit time on the net.

Some good suggestions and ideas to help you get more great work done.

I read this book with Essentialism by Greg McKeown. they compliment each other.

Highly recommend.

 

My free Excel webinars are back

All webinars are not the same

I recently ran my first public webinar in nearly a year – Materials Link and streaming Video below.

I run free and paid Excel training webinars. Watch a recording or come along to a free session and see if you like them.

My aim is to make my live training webinars as enjoyable, useful and practical as possible, which means

  • no PowerPoint slides EVER
  • zero marketing or up selling – just Excel training
  • no recorded content – its all live and interactive – comments and questions can be sent via a chat box
  • detailed instruction manuals – yes, even the free sessions have a detailed pdf manual
  • the free session recordings are always available – no time limits on watching
  • paid recordings can also be downloaded
  • annual attendance listing for CPD purposes when you attend a live session (sent out late January each year)
  • you must record your own CPD when you watch a recording (like the one below)

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Peak Performance (2017)

Some great practical advice on areas to improve on.

Applies to many different areas of life.

Basic premise is simple, but some great suggestions on how you can improve in all areas of your life.

Selecting a column

To quickly select a column of data in a formatted table you have a couple of options.

Keyboard

Select a cell in the column and press Ctrl + Space Bar.

This will select the column of data. If you want the heading too, press it again.

You can also select multiple columns before using the shortcut.

Mouse

This technique can take practice if your headings are in row 1.

If the heading starts in row 2 or below it is easier. See image below.

If you point to just above the heading row you will see a downward facing, black arrow. Click this once to select just the data. Click it again to include the heading.

When the heading row is in row 1 you need to do the same but make sure the column letter doesn’t highlight.

The image below is the correct arrow – this will select the column in the table only.

In the image below the arrow shown (because the column letter is highlighted) will select the whole column, not just the data in the table.

Barking Up The Wrong Tree (2017)

Eric has blogged for many years and this book follows on from his blog.

His writing style is relaxed and it is an easy read.

A book that turns some common advice on its head and confirms others.

Lots of studies are examined some of them conflicting, so you may need to experiment yourself with some of the practical suggestions.

 

Tribe of Mentors (2017)

Another great book from Tim Ferriss.

This has lots of short advice about life from successful people from all walks of life.

Its a smorgasbord – you can open it randomly and learn something new.

It follows on from his podcast and the Tools of Titans – another great book.

Many of his podcast questions are answered by people who haven’t been on the podcast.