Seinfeld’s Secret Motivational Technique

Ever wonder how Jerry Seinfeld became such a great comedian? First, he made a daily habit of improving his jokes - then using a large wall calendar, he marked off each day with a big red "X" and in his words, "After a few days you'll have a chain. Just keep ...

How To Add a Vertical Line to an Excel XY Chart

Normally, one turns to the line tool in Excel to manually draw vertical lines on a chart. The issue is that these lines aren't bound to the x-axis, so any change to the chart is usually accompanied by manual line repositioning. Thankfully, there's a "hack" that can eliminate ...

10 Excel Tips to Make Your Life Easier – Part 2

As I promised in my previous post, here is part 2 of my 10 Excel Tips to Make Your Life Easier video tutorial. Tip #10 is especially useful if you've ever hated working with strings and string/text functions in Excel. Also, if you haven't had a chance to ...

10 Excel Tips to Make Your Life Easier – Part 1

An average day for me goes something like this: Roll out of bed, shower, then rush to work like a bat out of hell. Get to work and start my computer, then open up Excel and work on a spreadsheet. Head out for lunch around Noon. Get back to the office, then open up ...