The night of January 14, 2014 when most of us were deep asleep in a state of nirvana, there were a certain 35,236 people who dint quite share a similar state of mind. They had a long, anxious night filled with fear, hope, anticipation and for some even a sense of giving up. The first light of the morning felt very distant to them and to top that the ticking of the wall clock was loud enough to not allow them to sleep, however hard they tried to. These 35k odd people are none but the ones who appeared for the CA Finals exam of Nov 2013 awaiting their results to be declared the morning of January 15, 2014. The morning that could change the fate of their lives forever…. and that is what it exactly did…
This year the CA Finals results saw a pass percentage of mere 3.11 % i.e a total of 1013 students became Chartered Accountants capable of working in a firm or practicing on their own in entire India. Sadly, for a few of my close friends whom i have been closely following during their preparation for these exams, these results have put them in the 96.89 % of the population.These numbers may have demotivated them and also many others who either are in process of attaining this degree or even the ones who aspire to attain it in the near future. But to me these numbers are nothing but a great, great tool for self motivation.
Being a part of a group whose pass percentage this year has been so low, marking how tough and extensive its attainment is, is in itself a sense of achievement that each one of you need to be proud of. Here are a few facts to further reiterate what i am trying to say here, there are only 200000 CA’s alive in India at present, out of which only 160000 are practicing. Only 200k become Accountants out of a population of 1.27 Billion Indians (Sorry i am not entirely sure how many zeroes in that number) ???, that is a meagre 0.015 % of the living population in India. Wow !!!, Now don’t tell me that these numbers don’t motivate you. Not even when you know you are only one stage away from being a part of this figure ? Or only a couple more months of hard work , sincerity and dedication away from being amongst the 0.015 % of our country’s population ?
Having done almost 60 % of the handwork.. You have to be joking if these results came even remotely close to shaking your self confidence. I do realize that many of you reading this must be thinking that it is very easy for someone to write an article trying to speak of motivation, self belief, blah blah blah … But the reason i want you to believe in all of this is cause you are too close to be throwing in the towel at this point.
As many of you already know, water boils only at 100 degree Celsius,so don’t turn the stove off yet. Keep the fire burning and make each day to follow a day filled with great amount of back breaking work. Look back but only to correct what you have done wrong in the past and move forward continuing to build on what you have always done right..
And I then challenge you that there is no power in this entire universe that can stop you from creating history.. You had it in you to come this far and its only you who can go all the way crossing the finish line.
I would like to quote a few lines here which i had once written for a friend.
“There's time to sleep, theres time to rest,
But nows the time to go give your best.
You have it in you and that’s no mystery,
Don't shy away, Come on !!! , Go create HISTORY”
P.S : I am no success story and nor am i a Chartered Accountant qualified enough to write such big words, i am just a B.Com graduate who does well enough for himself and all I intend is to motivate at least one of you many , to go achieve this dream and do way way better then what i would ever do for myself.
Rahul Venkatraman
Disclaimer : Stats for this article have been gathered from various internet sources. You can either waste your time trying to argue them or you can just read this and make the best out of it :).
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