Discussion: Learning Excel & 3 Types of Mastery | Guerrilla Data Analysis 3 | Skirmishes

This question comes to me at least weekly: “Oz, how can I master Excel?”
In this video I dissect various ways that we can think about ‘mastery.’ And I close with some advice for no matter what you do in Excel.

0:00 Guerrilla Data Analysis 3 is now available as PDF
0:30 Description of Guerrilla Data Analysis 3
1:00 Octopus Spreadsheets
2:17 “I want to master Excel”
2:48 Mastering a Tool
3:23 Knowing EVERYTHING in Excel
4:40 The Superhuman
5:52 Mastery as in: “providing value”
6:30 Value as a freelancer
7:40 Telling the truth & breaking out
9:51 Advice from Uncle Oz
12:32 Bokeh Effect

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For a list of my Excel courses at Lynda/LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/oz-du-soleil
There are courses on Power Query, Good spreadsheet habits, and a weekly Excel challenge that comes out every Friday.

Website: https://ozdusoleil.com

My book: Guerrilla Data Analysis 2nd Edition

My old blog: http://datascopic.net/blog-2-2