How Shailja Beat the "Mental Game" and Passed the CPA Exams
Description
In this episode of the CPA Exam Experience Podcast, you'll hear how Shailja was able to pass the CPA exams by overcoming all the doubt and fear that she wouldn't be able to pass the exams. Shailja had struggled to get the Indian equivalent of the CPA and so had a lot of self doubt going into getting the CPA.
You'll hear how Shailja was able to overcome those feelings and those thoughts and pass each exam, first try. She talked a lot about having a positive mindset and believing in yourself. Again, she passed all of her exams first try, so listen closely to her experience so you can believe in yourself too!
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Episode Timestamps
- 00:00 Shailja Interview
- 03:21 Brief Background
- 04:26 Deciding to Pursue the CPA
- 05:39 Work Experience is from India
- 06:55 How Shailja's Journey Started
- 07:55 Found SuperfastCPA Looking for Bite-Sized Ways to Study
- 08:49 Things Shailja Used After Deciding to Purse the CPA
- 10:47 Why Shailja Got SuperfastCPA
- 13:16 How the Mini Quizzes Helped
- 15:28 CPA Exams Timeline
- 15:56 What Shailja Did Differently Studying with SuperfastCPA
- 19:26 Writing Notes in Your Own WOrds
- 20:28 Do What Makes You Study Consistently
- 21:59 Passed All Four on First Try
- 23:21 Doing the Mock Exams to Learn Time Management
- 25:22 Had Negative Thoughts About Taking the Exams
- 26:25 Shifting to a Positive Mindset
- 27:50 Have Something That Can Keeps You Motivated
- 31:40 One of Shailja's Motivations
- 33:13 Review Process for the Sims
- 34:25 Kept Track of Which Simulation Question to Practice
- 36:35 Shailja's Tracker for Sims
- 38:00 Review Course Mentors
- 40:21 How the Podcast Helped Shailja
- 42:28 The Feeling of Relief and Confidence After Passing the CPA Exams
- 44:33 Things Shailja Did Before Taking an Exam
- 47:35 Top Tips for People Still Struggling with the CPA Exams
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