Do You Manage Your Schedule or Does It Manage You?

Summary I’ve noticed that a lot of people who have it together are masters at managing their schedule.  They live and die by it.  It’s more crucial in some roles than others, but even without a calendar full of meetings, there are many steps you can take to get the...

What Is Excel Good For

Summary I’m a big Excel fan.  I’ve done some crazy things with it (some have nothing to do with financial data!).  It’s great for some things, okay for others, and probably not appropriate at all for others.  We’ll touch on a few examples of these in...

Creative GL Coding

Summary When you hear the words “creative” and “accountant” in the same sentence, you probably either laugh or think of accounting scandals from the past 20 years.  Creative accountants find easier ways to do things, reducing time and errors.  In this article, we’ll...

Getting Started with Keyboard Shortcuts

Summary Have you ever wondered how some people breeze through their work, almost as if they’re in a trance?  Chances are they are 1) really good at keyboarding (70+ wpm with few errors) and 2) they use a lot of keyboard shortcuts (100+ different shortcuts).   There is...

How Do You Name and Organize Folders and Files?

Summary I share this fun fact often because it frequently surprises people: McKinsey found that the average worker spends 20% of their time looking for information. That’s about 10 WEEKS a year! Much of that time is spent dealing with email, and I covered that in a...

Good Pain or Bad Pain?

If you’re like me, you probably think to yourself on a daily basis “OMG, this is such a pain…” I’m admittedly very impatient and I can get frustrated easily. I like to think that it’s coming from a good place; after all, I just want things to be as good and easy as...

Excel Review Templates

Why to Use Review Templates in Excel Setting up files so that they are easy to review can make a huge difference in the quality of the files you work with.  Your colleagues and reviewers will also appreciate being able to quickly navigate your files, find what they...

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