Posts belonging to Category 'CPA stories'

Treating School and Study Like Work

The other day I was talking to Leigh, a friend at work. Among the things we discussed was my preparation for the CPA exam, and how she prepared for her SPHRM and other certifications… She mentioned that her husband had told her, at some point, to treat her school or study as work. Set a [...]

Success after struggle boosts confidence

What makes you think or believe that you can accomplish what you set out to do, or that after struggling for a little bit, you will be met with success after you turn the corner? As far as I am concerned, nothing beats personal experience. When you can say, “I have gone through that, hence [...]

Professor, thanks for your help!

This is a series in which I am thanking those who helped me pass the CPA exam.
I have been lucky to have met and been taught by some great Professors. At first, I thought I could just thank one Professor (whose name I had forgotten!) because he led me to a student (whose name I [...]

Mwayi, thanks for your help!

This is a series in which I am thanking those who helped me pass the CPA exam.
Next up, my girlfriend, Mwayi!
When we see people who have accomplished something thank their family and friends, or go on an endless litany of how who did what when where, we sometimes don’t appreciate how certain people can make [...]

Joel, thanks for your help!

This is a series in which I am thanking those who helped me pass the CPA exam.
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I met Joel when I was taking an undergrad Managerial Accounting class in 2004. It was a prerequisite for the MSA program [my undergrad degree was not in Accounting, so I had to take a ton of [...]

First and foremost, Thank you God!

This is a series in which I am thanking those who helped me pass the CPA exam.
First and foremost, God!
Where do I begin? I do not know. Even if I try to stick to just the CPA exam, I still see that I could not have gotten to the point of thinking or wanting to [...]

Thanking those who helped me pass the CPA exam

While I was preparing for my last exam, I managed to squeeze in some time to read, Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. One of the core ideas in the book is that “nobody does it alone”. Nobody can claim to have been successful by his or her own effort alone. Some critical success factors need to [...]