When I started my career, opening a complex Excel workbook used to make me break out in a sweat. These days, I actually look forward to diving into large datasets and tackling tricky formulas. It’s funny how the things that once scared us can become our biggest strengths.

Is there a tool or skill at work that used to intimidate you, but now feels like second nature? How did you get past the learning curve?

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I was never intimidated but I just looked at things I didn’t know as things I have yet to learn

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I like that growth mindset :)

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