February 12, 2010 | Posted by Steve (cpastories) 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 [...]
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February 3, 2010 | Posted by Steve (cpastories) 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 [...]
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January 25, 2010 | Posted by Steve (cpastories) 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 [...]
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January 21, 2010 | Posted by Steve (cpastories) 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 [...]
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December 23, 2009 | Posted by Steve (cpastories) 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 [...]
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December 20, 2009 | Posted by Steve (cpastories) I just finished my Ethics exam a few minutes ago [scored 95], so I am now completely done with the CPA exams. It feels great to be done with that last part.
I had ordered the CD version of the exam. It was misdelivered about a week ago, and I contacted the AICPA. They were gracious [...]
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December 19, 2009 | Posted by Steve (cpastories) Praise be to God in highest! What can I say? This is one of the many blessings I have received in my life, and especially in the past couple of weeks. I hope I will share them all some day. For the time being, let me share one: I have passed the remaining section of [...]
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