Benefits of Team Sports in the Workplace

People always say that playing on teams will help you in life.  My coaches told me that.  My parents reinforced it.  But now I believe it.  I’ve always felt like it’s helped me in numerous ways.  It’s helped me to work with others in a collaborative manner.  It’s helped build in me a drive to contribute to the overall goal, trying my best to make a big impact while observing the contributions of others.  And it’s helped me learn how to overcome obstacles and continue to tread forward, recognizing that these bumps along the road are not only inevitable, but necessary for growth.

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Two More Fitness Nuggest from Mens Health

Today’s Men’s Health nuggets:

8 Weight-Lifting Fixes for More Muscle

20 Minute Cardio Machine Fat Blaster

70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week

You guys know me.  Get better every day.. And any and every way.  That’s my mantra.  Here’s a great article to help:

From Men’s Health: 70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week

Want to Lose Weight? Eat More!

Yup, it’s true.  Great Women’s Health Article

File Date… and little Bites that’ll fill you up

Do you have any reports or spreadsheets that are dated?  I mean, do you have a report that you have to submit every Monday?  Or a monthly Bank Reconciliation?  Well, what if instead of having to change the date each time you save the file (or get embarrassed because you forgot), the date was auto-populated?  Good News Part One: It’s not that hard to do; here’s the formula:

=DATEVALUE(CONCATENATE(MID(MID(CELL(“filename”,A2),FIND(“AddingDate_”,CELL(“filename”,A2))
+LEN(“AddingDate_”),6),3,2),”/”,RIGHT(MID(CELL(“filename”,A2),FIND(“AddingDate_”,CELL(“filename”,A2))
+LEN(“AddingDate_”),6),2),”/”,LEFT(MID(CELL(“filename”,A2),FIND(“AddingDate_”,CELL(“filename”,A2))
+LEN(“AddingDate_”),6),2)))

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