You are not what you make 🙇‍♂️

Hey there! Time flies—Miss Excel just celebrated our third birthday! 🥹❤️Whether you’ve been here since the beginning (read: my OG TikTok dancing days) or are new to the Miss Excel community, I am so grateful you’re here. The best is yet to come!

Organize Your Documents

“Could you retype this document so it fits on one page?”

I used to have a miniature meltdown every time my boss asked me this. 🫠 I’d spend an hour tweaking font sizes and types.

And if I tried moving or resizing the images in the doc? Forget it. If you’re on Word, you know how moving images can lead to total chaos.

This tip will save you a ton of time and headaches if you’ve ever been in the same boat. Here’s how to auto-size Word documents to one page in a snap:

We’re Expanding Our Amazing Team! 🥳

I’m so excited to announce that the Miss Excel team is growing and we’re looking for two new incredible additions! More details are below: ⬇️

You can apply right here. We can’t wait to meet you!

You Are Not What You Make

For the next few seconds, create a mental tally of all your highly valuable professional skills. 🔢

Maybe that’s Excel, copywriting, public speaking, negotiation, or creating bomb PowerPoint presentations (hey, someone in the office has to do it!).

Now, imagine those skills being half as valuable five years from now.

The World Economic Forum says the half-life of a professional skill is five years. And that change is made all the more drastic by technological advances (*cough* AI *cough*) that are going to significantly change the job market. In fact, some 47% of U.S. jobs are at risk of automation.

“Okay, Kat, but what does this mean for me professionally?!”

Two things: First, it’s important to continue learning new skills so you can keep up. 🏃 But more importantly, it’s critical to define yourself by the value you create instead of what you make.

This reframe is how you’ll be able to adapt to the world around you and become resilient. For example, take the VHS rental chain Blockbuster, as mentioned in Chris Do’s video, Reinventing Yourself:

Blockbuster defined itself as a home movie rental service (what they do) instead of the place for film fanatics to watch movies at home (the value they create). If Blockbuster had seen the bigger picture, they could’ve adapted to the evolving marketplace to become Netflix. 📼 

And this doesn’t just apply to businesses—it applies to people, too! In my case, I don’t define myself by my skills and their output (“I use TikTok to create Excel tip videos”).

Instead, I focus on the value I create (“I help people become confident at work”). This has opened up how I see myself, leading the Miss Excel brand to expand into PowerPoint, augmented reality, and AI. 👀 

It’s a little scary to realize the skills of today might not be as important in the future. But defining yourself by who you serve instead of what you make will transform how you see your future self.

And that means growing with the world instead of against it. 🌱

• Looking to level up with AI? My new course, AI with Miss Excel, is about to go live! Learn how to use ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Bing to accelerate your career. Claim your spot right here!

• Here are the 11 rules you’ll find in almost every self-help book. My favorite has to be number six, “Be playful.” 🕺🏻

• Read about Deepak Chopra’s (two-hour long!) morning routine that boosts his physical and mental health.

• This Californian moved to Sweden to become a consultant and says her work—life balance is better than ever. 👀

• Learn how to insert and angle images in Microsoft Office products in 29 seconds. 🖥

Get this: Last week, a spreadsheet error led Austria to announce the wrong election results. This is just another reminder that the world really does run on Excel. 😂

Stay Exceling,

Kat