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It's now or never..........

One day till the release of my results for the four papers I took early June this year. Will I fail, will I pass? God only knows, God only knows. Am I worried? Can't say I am, since what is done is done and no point crying over spilled milk right?

The consolation I get is that at least my career promotion does not get affected yet. So I still have some form of buffer time for me to clear the required papers to get into Senior Associate which is not until at least another year. For those who want to know, here is how the progression works from the position I am into a Senior Associate:

Senior Associate 1 (1 year)
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Senior Associate 2 (1 year)
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Associate 1 (normally 1 year from Associate 2)
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Associate 2 [my position now]

For me to move up into Senior Associate 2, I will need to pass all Level 2 papers of ACCA, which I will find out tomorrow whether I do or not. But as I am supposed to move into Associate 1 this September, I still have 2 sittings to do it (although I really don't intend to retake any papers). I still have a chance for the December 2007 sitting and June 2008 sitting.

Although I do get 2 chances to retake those papers, it is highly unadvisable for one very good reason - as I rise up the ranks I get more responsibilities and more demanding tasks to do. Hence, less time to study; not to mention I am already having trouble trying to work out a proper schedule for work and play.

This then brings about another problem. I once read a statement made by Jack Welch (he is the former CEO of GE, and a very, very successful CEO at that), and he said "what makes successful people successful is their innate ability to manage their time properly". Disappointing part is, I don't seem to be able to manage my time properly, which then makes me feel horrible because here I am trying to be someONE, but I can't even get the fundamentals right. So here I am stuck trying to get myself back together, because demotivation creeps in.


P.S. - the career progression I chart I drew up there? That's assuming I don't make any boo boos along the way.

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