Once again, I found myself numb, wandering like a zombie thinking what went wrong. But rather than falling into the trap of self pity, I took a systematic review of my marks, and noticed some areas that dragged me away from the finish line. It took self-discipline and focus on the goal to ignore the…
I enrolled for Level 3, knowing well that this was a whole other animal than the first two exams. The goal of the exam would now shift from analysis to application, and the format too would now change. The Level 3 exam has two sections, morning, and evening. The morning section is a written-answers one,…
It was hard not to get disheartened. But in such times, I have found that a systematic approach always helps you keep aside any emotion and walk a steady pace. I chalked up a nice plan to restudy the material, deciding how many pages I must read to cover the syllabus and revise it properly.…
When I was reading ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, the last book of the series, I kept on wondering that so many new plots were opening up, how were they going to fill them in only half a book? To JK Rowling’s credit, she did it spectacularly. I got a similar feeling while studying…
Luckily, because of working in a financial firm, the concepts in Level 1 were either known or logical for me. So, I worked steadily towards finishing the syllabus. My exam center was Hotel Hyatt at Kharadi. I was surprised to see so many exam candidates in the early morning. And this was only level 1!…
When does a journey start? Is it when you take your first step towards it, or when you thought about reaching the destination the first time? While I can pinpoint when I paid the fees to start my journey towards becoming Chartered Financial Analyst – CFA, the gradual stages of getting to know the designation,…
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