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January 18, 2019 by Eric Butts Leave a Comment

There are 4 elements to know if you’re in the right line of work (and a tip for what to do if the alignment isn’t currently quite right)

A friend of mine (Jason Jones) has begun frequently posting about finding his ikigai. At first, I thought “he seems pretty excited about it, so good for him.”

But the posts kept coming so then I needed to what ikigai was so I could know if I needed to be looking for it too. I will answer that in a second.

It is a Japanese concept that translates to “reason for being”. It is commonly depicted as a Venn diagram of four circles where the intersection is your reason for being.

  • What you have passion for
  • What the world needs
  • What you can be paid for
  • What you’re good at

A lot of people message me interested in consulting who have the first 3 covered but lack confidence in their skillset. In other words, they aren’t sure they are actually good at their job. If you find yourself in this situation, it may leave you feeling excited or happy but with some anxiety or a concern about your uncertain future. It usually presents as a question such as “what class can I take to be better prepared as a consultant?”

Believe it or not, the answer to that question frequently comes back to knowing your way around the almighty Excel spreadsheet. Decisions and strategies need to be supported by data and data needs a place to live. Most likely you will find that to be in a spreadsheet, so knowing what to do when data is staring you in the face can be a differentiator in your career.

So if you’re feeling uneasy in your pursuit of a consulting career (or any other where you end up handling numbers on a regular basis) because of a lack of confidence in your skillset, I suggest you head on over to Excel Bootcamp so you can try to find your ikigai.

https://ericpbutts.com/excel-bootcamp

Filed Under: Career Advice Tagged With: career advice, excel, excel videos

January 21, 2017 by Eric Butts Leave a Comment

How to Get More Out of OR in Excel (Video)

Filed Under: Excel Tagged With: excel formulas, excel videos

June 7, 2016 by Eric Butts Leave a Comment

How to Calculate Payback Period in Excel [Video]


In case you missed, the set up for this video, you can read some additional information about payback period here. I literally just had to pull something together using this, so this isn’t just random Excel functionality.

If you’re interested in downloading the Excel workbook you can get that by clicking here.

Let me know what you think of the video in the comments.

Filed Under: Excel, Management Consulting Tagged With: excel, excel formulas, excel videos

May 27, 2016 by Eric Butts Leave a Comment

How to Use Excel Wildcard, Sumifs, and Randbetween [Video]

This is the video bonus related to the post on using Excel wildcard and Sumifs functionality to be able to analyze data more efficiently. Be sure to click that link if you want to read up for more background.

Leave a note in the comments and let me know what you think about the video.

Filed Under: Excel, Management Consulting Tagged With: excel, excel videos

May 13, 2016 by Eric Butts Leave a Comment

How to Create a Waterfall Chart in Excel [Video]

This is the video mentioned in the post on how to create waterfall charts in Excel. It will show you a quick and easy way to take advantage of this Excel functionality.

Filed Under: Excel, Management Consulting Tagged With: accounting, excel, excel videos

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