Shownotes
In this SuperfastCPA podcast interview, you'll hear how Matt started his CPA journey by studying 7-8 hours a day after work, his entire life was working and studying, and he still wasn't passing exams.
Then he made a few changes to his study process, and started studying 2 hours a day in the morning using these new strategies, started passing exams, and still had his evenings free.
FULL EPISODE PAGE: https://www.superfastcpa.com/from-8hrs-a-day-to-2hrs-a-day-how-matt-passed-the-cpa-exams/
Episode Timestamps
- 0:00 Intro
- 02:28 When Matt Started His CPA Journey
- 03:12 How Matt Started Studying Using the Traditional Approach
- 04:30 Studying 7-8 Hours After Work for More Than a Year the Traditional Way
- 05:38 18 Months in Studying, Found SuperfastCPA through a YouTube Ad
- 06:28 Work, Study, Sleep, Repeat and Matt Would be so Exhausted
- 07:45 Watched the Free Training, Bought the Materials and Passed FAR on his 2nd Attempt
- 09:33 Realized He Can Pass the Rest After Passing FAR
- 09:59 Matt Completely Changed His Study Approach After Getting SuperfastCPA
- 10:35 Barely Felt He Was Studying At All Compared to How He Studied Before
- 12:22 Before SuperfastCPA, How Studying 7-8 Hours a Day Looked Like
- 13:16 Why Matt Thinks That His Studying 7-8 Hours Before Didn't Work Out
- 15:02 Things That Made Sense for Matt from the PRO Course
- 16:11 Used SuperfastCPA Audio Notes to Reinforce What He Studied in the Morning
- 17:57 Utilized the SuperfastCPA App Throughout the Day
- 19:34 Matt's Weekend Study Routine
- 21:45 Evolved His Study Process Through Self Explanatory Notes
- 23:21 How Matt Used His Main Review Course to Setup Questions
- 26:03 Switching His Study Routine Took the Tension Off Work and Studying
- 27:11 Matt Didn't Have to Sacrifice Doing Things Anymore
- 28:22 Matt Talks About Football As His Hobby
- 30:34 The Feeling of Relief After Finally Passing
- 32:39 Hit a Wall in BEC But Persevered Through It and Passed in a Year
- 34:32 Visiting NFL Stadiums Served as a Motivation
- 35:45 How He Got Over the Wall from BEC
- 37:42 The Shift to SuperfastCPA Strategies Made the Night and Day Difference
- 38:47 Worked Through the Sims On Weekends
- 40:56 Matt's Process for Taking Down Notes
- 42:51 What Motivated Matt to Get His CPA
- 44:11 The Time Matt Took a One Year Break from Studying
- 45:04 A Week Long Celebration with the People in His Life
- 45:34 A Tip Matt Had for People Near Their Test Date
- 47:52 Would Sometimes Re-Visit the PRO Course to Refresh Himself of the Strategies
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