Simple Spreadsheets for Hard Decisions

You have decisions to make

You have decisions at home.

How much should I save?
When can I retire?
Buy a house or rent?
Which health insurance?
...and many others

You have decisions at work. These are as unique as your job. You need unique tools to help you.

Learn how to build simple spreadsheets to make decisions like these.

What decisions do you need to make? Contact us. We provide free, ready-to-use spreadsheets here for decisions suggested by our readers. You can also get the example spreadsheets from the book.

Why are decisions so hard?

Illustration of fortune teller You can't predict the future. Uncertainty is what makes hard decisions so hard.

What if the stock market tanks?
What if inflation goes crazy?
What if I don't get enough orders?
What if I get too many?
What about random fluctuations?

Excel gives you the flexibility to look at all the possibilities. What are your risks? Easily turn any spreadsheet into a Monte Carlo model to look at what fate might send your way and assess your risks. Balance conflicting goals.

It's Easy!

T Illustration of teacher he good news is that Excel is a wonderful tool for making decisions like these, because spreadsheets are easy to change and examine. Explore the problem. Look at alternative outcomes.

More good news. The techniques are easy to learn. A few simple formulas will build a sophisticated spreadsheet that gives you real insight. No macros. No technical jargon.

Here's what you'll learn.

All the Excel you need, even if you've never used it before
Easy techniques for quickly building useful spreadsheets
How to use spreadsheets to understand and make a decision.

Make decisions using Excel. No experience needed! No programming. No macros. No obscure statistics. Just plain vanilla Excel.

You have decisions to make

Why are decisions so hard?

It's Easy!