How I (almost) completed ACCA in high school! Feat. Farooque Yusuf

LET'S WALK

English - November 04, 2020 07:17 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MB
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On this episode of the "LET'S WALK" podcast we have Farooque Yusuf. We discuss about what ACCA is, how to go about it, how he managed to prepare for ACCA and still have excel in school. We also discuss about failure and how to overcome them. Most importantly we talk about our failures, dealing with them and how we have not let them define us. Besides that we talk abut how to take decisions especially with regards to career when there's a lot of peer pressure and external influences. We touch on the topic of staying spiritually woke in school and managing school, still having a life and much more!

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Timestamps

(00:00) - intro

(00:29) - Current projects, Football and diving into what is ACCA

(02:30) - Most Controversial Question

(03:19) - The Decision

(05:13) - Peer Pressure during the decision

(06:02) - Is commerce easy?

(08:07) - CA and exam scene

(11:02) - ACCA in the Middle East

(12:16) - Pursuing ACCA after grade 10th

(16:54) - ACCA vs CA

(21:30) - Thoughts on coaching

(23:11) - Self Discipline

(28:13) - Questions from social media

(30:38) - Self learning and how he learns

(32:30) - Strategizing and his strategy

(34:36) - Focusing on studying rather than "How to" study

(35:34) - Thoughts on number of attempts for CA/ACCA and failure

(39:13) - Thoughts on long term/gap year

(41:57) - Dealing with Exam Anxiety

(47:25) - Staying spiritually woke

(58:39) - Something for the kids

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Farooque Yusuf

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