![]() ![]() This makes it much harder for people like you and I who actually know a thing or two about Excel because it commoditizes the skill. You’ve heard me mention in previous blog posts that these days everyone and their goldfish puts “Excel skills” on their resume. Not only will VBA help you save time and energy, but being familiar with it and putting it on your resume will instantly put you in a class of your own, at least in the eyes of hiring managers. ![]() You can literally perform dozens of monotonous tasks, such as formatting downloaded data or updating the pivot tables, in just a few clicks, turning hours of work into minutes of automation. Imagine, you could leave your robot working on that stupid sales forecast that nobody ever looks at while you go out for a quick doughnut run. It’s like having a robot and being able to teach it a specific set of instructions to executing a task in Excel. The Macro is the name we give the instructions we write using VBA. Excel is then able to repeat those actions, automatically, for as long as you need them. VBA is a programming language built into Microsoft Excel that allows you to “record” specific actions like keystrokes, cell formatting changes, formulas, etc. If you don’t know what VBA is, stay tuned because your socks are about to be blown right off! This tool is called Visual Basic for Applications comes in (VBA). I have good news for you though Excel has a tool built in specifically to help you automate your tasks, so that you can save time and earn more freedom to work on interesting projects or get home in time for dinner. The perfect recipe for overwhelm, stress, and eventual discontent. This mindset doesn’t always work because there seems to be a relentless downpour of tasks to do, projects to complete, meetings to attend, and fires to put out. ![]() We’ve all been there the “I can do it all” mindset gets the better of us. Many professionals sacrifice their most valuable asset, time, in hopes of getting more work done. Maybe you arrived at the office early and your day got derailed with meetings, or maybe you were under a strict deadline and had to stay at the office so late that you weren’t able to have dinner with the family, put your kids to bed, or even see your spouse. Imagine the longest, most stressed-filled day you’ve ever had at work in the last five years. Send it! I HATE spam and I promise not to send you any. I'd like to receive the free email course. ![]()
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