A client for whom I built an Excel sales commission program once called me “God’s own computer son.” LOL.
We all have our claims to fame. You have to score your wins to stay sane.
Another of my wins was that the Solution Selling book by Michael Bosworth has a chapter about establishing a financial proof with an “ROI” (really an IRR, but that doesn’t sell as well). That chapter is 100% me, I taught the Bosworth brothers how I did that with the Capital Budgeting techniques I learned in my Econ degree at Claremont McKenna College. Salt that with some salesmanship, marketing and Excel skills, and you have the CFO of Fortune 500 companies in the palm of your hand.
I retired this year. I’m going to the gym next for my daily 2 hour work out. I’ve never felt better. 62 and free as a bird.