The Only 3 Things That Matter for CPA Study

If you want to pass your CPA exams quickly and efficiently while still having a life

even if you're working full time, then you're going to want to watch this video because I'm going to explain the biggest misconception about the CPA study process that affects all areas of the CPA study process

And then I'm going to show you the only three things that really matter when it comes to your CPA study process that turns into passing scores on test day

Now, I know I interrupted what you are about to watch. So in this short video, I'm going to give you the big picture, the 30,000 foot view of the big misconception and then the only three things that matter

Now, if you want a deeper dive with actual examples of the strategies I'm going to mention, then we have a free training webinar that we do where you can sign up for and watch this one hour training that will walk through the strategies I'm about to go over in detail, including specific examples

You can click on the button that's somewhere around this video to sign up for that at any time during this video

So the big misconception is that passing your CPA exams is strictly about putting in a ton of time and effort and hard work

Now, let me flesh that out and don't misunderstand me. Even with an absolutely perfect set of study strategies and the perfect study routine

this is obviously still going to take a lot of work on a daily basis

going to need to be dedicated, committed, focused. What I'm referring to is a lot of people

that are out there, they're dedicated, they're putting in a lot of study time. And when they sit

down in front of their review course, you know, they start with the video lecture, they press play

on the video lecture, they start watching it five to ten minutes in. They might zone out or get

distracted. So they restart it. They have to replace certain parts. So it's very easy for a 20-minute

video lecture to really take about an hour, maybe even two hours before the person feels like

they watched the whole thing and they understood what was in the video. Now the problem is

that 20 minute video took two hours and then if you go to the practice questions again, typically

that person will look through the questions for a minute and think, okay, I guess I didn't

understand the video because I don't know how to answer these questions. So their only recourse is to go

back and watch the video again. Now, a much more strategic way of doing that same process that

would cut that time in half or maybe down to almost zero. You'll see what I mean. That leads us

into the first key or the first thing that really matters. And that is having a strategic

study process where you primarily use active study methods instead of passive study methods

So a much more strategic way of doing that very same thing that would cut the time

in half or even cut the time down to just 20 minutes is to go straight into the practice

questions for the lesson and you simply click through the questions, you're making mental

notes about the patterns you're seeing, what the questions keep talking about. So all you're

doing there is gathering context in the same language of the questions, which is what matters

on test day, and then you go back to the video lecture and when you watch it after gathering

context from the actual questions, it will magically make 10 times more sense the first time

you watch the video Now I mentioned the free training webinar where we will go into more detail on this stuff because there are strategic ways of using every resource in your review course There a strategic way of using video lectures

There's a strategic way of using the practice questions in your lesson. There's a strategic way

to use the text in your review course. There's a strategic way to use the practice sims. And when you

combine all of these strategic versions of essentially the same things you're already doing

but you're doing them strategically. It works better. You get through each resource much faster

and you have better results on test day. Now, let's go to the second thing that really matters

And that is a daily study process that doesn't kill your spirit

So what do I mean by that? Well, as soon as I say that, if you are several months into the study process

you probably know exactly what I'm talking about. So if you're working full time

your workday consists of eight to 12 hours. Whether or not you commute, you do other things that are just necessities like you eat meals

you have to prepare meals, you get dressed in the morning. So someone that's working full time, really when it comes down to it

they have four or five, maybe five hours of pure available time that's not taken up by necessities

Now, if you are trying to find four to five hours a day to study with your review course

then what that means is your entire day or your entire life is sleep, wake up, go to work

and then study, and then do it over and over again for however many months it takes you

to pass your exams. Our big claim to fame at Super Fast CPA is the two-hour study session

We teach our clients how to have a two-hour study session where when you apply our study

strategies to your same review course, you can do your main thing

study session in just two hours a day. Now ideally you do that in the morning so that it's

locked in. You have this sense of progress before you even go to work for the day and you don't

have to dread this big four hour study session all day and try to suffer through it at night

when your brain is tired, your brain is fried and it just doesn't work that well. Now again

the strategies and the basis of what that two hour study session consists of, that's what

you will learn on the free training. I keep talking about that you can sign a

up for it any time. Now the second part of a study process that doesn't kill your spirit. The other thing

that we teach our clients is how to effectively use their phones to study as they go about their

normal day. So you have the two-hour session in the morning and then you use study supplements from

your phone. You listen to audio notes when you're in your car. You take mini quizzes throughout the day

You know, you get those screen time reports on your phone. Even the busiest people, you get a screen time

report that says you have somehow found three hours a day to stare at your phone. So what I'm

referring to is when you're in this process, if you're going to put in the time and effort and the

money anyways to take these exams, you might as well be using some of that time throughout your

day that you're already staring at your phone, most likely doing time waste your stuff

and you just switch that with ongoing CPA review using study supplements from your phone

So that way, you put in the two hours in the morning and then you rack up another one, two, maybe three hours from your phone as you go about your normal day

And then we tell you or we encourage our clients to take the evenings off So you have a very real sense of getting your life back even though you are making more progress faster on the CPA study process

You're getting better results because you're implementing our active learning strategies and everything is working better and the whole sense of dread around this process goes away

because your entire life isn't just wake up, work, study, do it over again. So going

on to the third thing that really matters. This is another one of our key strategies we teach all

of our clients, and that is to build re-review constant repeat coverage of all the topics into your

daily study process. Now, if we go back to the traditional way of studying, you spend all this

time up front trying to master each lesson one by one. You put in all this time and effort

like I said, you watch the video lecture five times just trying to understand it. It takes you

four or five hours to get through one lesson and then you leave it behind and don't look at it

or think about it again for several weeks, maybe even several months. Then you get to your final

review and you realize you've forgotten essentially everything or at least half of all this stuff

you spent so much time learning in the first place. Now, when I explain it like that, I think we can

agree that does not make any sense. So instead, part of our strategies is you learn the materials in

layers. Instead of trying to master the topics up front all in one day and then leaving it

behind for a few weeks, you go through the lessons faster. We refer to this as planting the

seeds. And again, there's a specific way of doing it. But then as you build and re-review to your

daily process, you will be adding on layers of understanding across all the topics as you go

So your retention and understanding continually increases and grows, the closer you get to

day instead of your retention and understanding nose diving as you get closer to test day

And yes, if you're wondering, you can do all of these things I'm talking about, just doing

that morning two-hour study session following our study strategies with your same review

course and then using study supplements throughout your day from your phone

And you're done by the time the evening rolls around, you don't have to think about CPA study

in the evenings. So to recap really quick, the big misconception and the thing that you need to understand is

that not all study time is created equal. Every hour of your CPA study can either be

incredibly ineffective or incredibly effective if you're using strategic study strategies based on active learning methods. The second thing is a daily routine that doesn't kill your

spirit. A two-hour main session instead of four or five hours and then you just weave in the

other hours using your phone as you go about your normal day. And don't discount the effectiveness

of studying from your phone in little five-minute chunks because we have endless testimonials and

reviews from our past clients that did exactly what I just described. And then the third thing is

building constant repeat coverage of all topics into your daily process so that you learn the

material in layers as you get closer to your exam day. So I hope you found this helpful and eye-opening

And if you want to know more, you want to see specific examples, specifically how the two-hour main

study session works with your current review course following some of our study strategies

then click the button that somewhere around this video to go to the registration page for one of these training webinars choose a time that will work for you and then do not miss it This is one hour that will save you months and months of time and frustration

And when you attend one of these webinars, I fully invite you to be the judge

If this stuff is not immediately making sense, if you're not having several aha moments

and you can't easily see how applying some of these strategies will dramatically increase the effectiveness of your study process

You know, it's just a free webinar. You can close it and leave at any time. Now on these trainings, we get straight into the strategies and we cover a lot

So the only thing I would say is try to choose a time where you can sit uninterrupted and just pay attention for the 40 minutes to an hour

It takes roughly about an hour to walk through the strategies. And as part of the training, because we cover so much, you will get access to the slides from the training, which you'll want

And then we also give you a mind map so that you have a quick snapshot. of how all the strategies fit together. So again, to register for one of these trainings, just click

the button somewhere around this video, go to the registration page, choose the time that will work

for you, and then hopefully we'll see you on the training. Now, if you're still here, here's a few

clips from some interviews with some of our past clients who all started by attending this same

free training I'm telling you about. I was doing my work and I would keep seeing your videos

pop up on YouTube that you advertise that people can be working full time and pass this exam

still have a life. And like it was those three things. And I think that last one was the most

important is have a life. Yeah. The hour training. Yes. The hour training. I signed up for that

I sat down and I listened to this and I got your program and I went on to pass all three of my

exams before December. And so I'm so super thankful. And I told everybody about super fast

What you're doing right now is not working. Give this a try. Know that sometimes you do feel like

you're not doing enough, but God, it works. It works. I studied about half the time

I studied for the others. I was like, but, you know, I stuck to the super fast method

So maybe, maybe it'll work out. And I made a 90. So it was like, I made a 91

That was actually my highest grade. And I was like, well, okay, I guess this method works

And I said, you know what? I'm going to do that. I'm going to just kind of like embrace the study method

And then I passed. and once I passed far, that was my first exam I passed, I just told myself, like, I'm not going to fail again

Like, I know how to pass these now. And I didn't. I passed the next three in a row. I owe my CPA license probably to your service, so thank you so much. It helped me more than you probably know

And then, like, it was just one after the other. I passed all four of them in three months or so

It doesn't, like, have to be this weight, like, around your neck. So, yeah, I basically did that for all four tests

And I passed all four of them. Yeah, it was like a shift. super condensed period of time. I had failed like a bunch of exams, thousands of dollars essentially

down the toilet. The study tips, I think, kind of connected the dots for me and made that

happen. So it's pretty sweet. So again, if you're even just a little curious about maybe this

could actually help you make much more progress faster in your own study process, just click the

button that is somewhere around or below this video, choose a time that will work for you

and then attend one of these free webinars. And I will see you there