Some books arrive like a loud knock on your desk. This one arrived as a pause. I was mid-task—cells copied, formulas dragged, the quiet hum of routine—and suddenly I found myself stopping, not because Excel failed, but because I was being watched. Or rather, my habits were. You Can Automate doesn’t barge into your workflow with instructions. It leans in and asks, gently but firmly, why you are still doing this by hand.   Samar Mandke doesn’t write like an instructor standing

I remember finishing this book on an ordinary afternoon—and feeling unexpectedly still.   Not the triumphant stillness of motivation, but the quieter kind. The kind that comes when someone has spoken honestly enough that your defences don’t know where to stand anymore. I was seated, book resting face-down, noticing my shoulders had dropped. As if something inside me had been allowed to exhale.   Limitless didn’t rush toward me waving answers. It waited. And then, very calmly,