I’ve been working on the BTS Project Tracker dashboard. I’ve found another capability that I needed to learn before I can complete the dashboard. I need to find the average of non-zero values. I’m trying to track incomplete tasks whose duration exceeds the average duration for that task. The problem arises when calculating the average interval …
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Now is Your Time to Win – David Dean
David Dean was a long-time salesman with a very successful track record. He began his sales career selling books for the Southwestern company during summer recess while attending university. This book is in the genre of motivational or self-help. The book chronicles his sales efforts during several of those summers and he uses his own …
Excel Hierarchical List
Did you ever start working on an Excel spreadsheet and realize you needed it to do something you didn’t know how to do? I’ve been working on the next article in my Excel BTS Project Tracker series. I needed an Excel Hierarchical List, and I didn’t know how to do that. I have to learn …
A Critic of Marketing Repents
During the late 1980s, I was attending university and living on the beach in San Diego. My studies required me to spend a considerable amount of time on the beach (ahem!) and I started using a sunscreen product from Neutrogena. The sunscreen had the requisite SPF 30, but I liked it because it had a …
November 2017 Writing Roundup
Each month I summarize my work during the previous month. It is my hope that by pausing to reflect on my activities and reviewing my progress that I can learn how to do better in the future. After stellar performances in September and October, I pressed pause just a bit in November. I spent a …