Hyping yourself up is a superpower 👏

Hey there! Last Friday was a very special day: Miss Excel turned four years old! Here’s where we are today: 

• 2 million people in the Miss Excel Community 

• 300+ Corporate Clients 

• 22,000+ Course Members 

• 12 courses across Microsoft Office, Google Sheets, and AI 

And of course, a team of 17 superstars who’ve made this all possible (including my partner and best friend)! These have been the best four years of my life creating and learning with you all. 🥹

Here’s to many more!

Save Hours With This OneNote Trick 

It doesn’t matter whether your typing speed is 10 or 100 words per minute—nobody should have to spend their precious time manually typing paper documents into OneNote (side note: Find out your typing speed right here—your girl is at a cool 75 😎). 

Luckily, OneNote’s Copy Text from Picture feature does the heavy lifting for you. Here’s how to use it the next time your boss asks you to upload physical copies into OneNote:

Voila! All that’s left to do is fiddle with the formatting and you’re good to go.

If you’re thinking, “What else can OneNote do?!”…a lot. I cover dozens more time-saving tips (just like this one!) in my OneNote Mini Course. Get 20% off with the code WORKBOOK20!

The Superpower That is Hyping Yourself Up 

Imagine this: It’s the day of the Super Bowl…and the players go straight from their hotel to the field. No warmup. No pep talk from the coach. No high fives in the locker room. 

Or imagine if Taylor Swift went on stage…without first rounding up her dancers and background singers to set the tone for a great night. 

Whether it’s athletes or entertainers, high performers know how important it is to get in the zone before it’s game time. It’s how they boost their energy, bring their a-game, and increase their chances of success. 

So why don’t we pump ourselves up in our everyday lives? 

This realization changed everything for me. In 2020, I started hyping myself up before each task: Filming Instagram Reels, teaching Excel masterclasses, and even handling accounting. 

To get in that heightened state of mind, I’d meditate, go spend time in nature, sing, and have a good old fashioned dance party. 🕺🏻

And you know what happened? Not only was I having way more fun, but business growth skyrocketed. People were more likely to follow my Instagram for my positive videos. Corporate partners hired me for my upbeat teaching style. 

This is why getting in the zone before doing anything is a superpower.

Here’s what this could look like for you: 

• Listening to a motivational podcast before going in for a job interview 

• Hopping into an ice-cold shower before that early morning Zoom meeting 

• Dancing to your favorite playlist before sitting down to write a cover letter 

You’re already practicing for the thing itself—so why not practice your mindset, too? It’s not just a way to have more fun, but it’s how you bring your best self to everything you do. ✨

• Sure, you could Google “convert ounces to liters”…or let this function do it for you. 

• Try this tip the next time you need to schedule a group meeting in Outlook. 

• How I went from being a nervous presenter to loving public speaking. 

• Bored? Instead of scrolling TikTok, try doing these five productive things instead.

• Did you know about the ROMAN function in Excel?!

Thanks for being here! Last week, I asked: If you could wake up a master in any Excel topic, which one would you choose? 

Hundreds of you submitted an answer. And the most common one? 

✨ Pivot Tables. ✨

Let’s just say I have something special for you in store (and for everyone else, don’t worry—I’m saving all of your answers for content down the line!).

Stay Exceling,

Kat