Nothing makes me feel more powerful than when a friend asks me for a quick spreadsheet favor and it is quick, it's something very easy in fact, all I have to do is bang out the shortest =IF() of my life and explain what the second column is for. I have saved a life in 45 seconds and everyone is happy about it.
(This is noteworthy because when someone tugs my sleeve it's a coinflip whether their request is dirt simple, or whether their request can only be achieved with 40 hours of manual data entry and/or by violating the laws of thermodynamics. I only get to discern which it is when they bring me in to inspect the sheet.)
