How Shailja Beat the "Mental Game" and Passed the CPA Exams

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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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