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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 85591, member: 27"]
Twenty-one exam failures did not stop a Jamaican accountant from landing Dubai success, clients, and a business after grinding through burnout.

Background and early grind
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[*]Ashia Thompson grew up in St Elizabeth.
[*]She crushed academics at May Day High School.
[*]Scholarships opened doors in New York colleges.
[*]Tax studies pushed her deeper into finance.
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Workload versus certification
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[*]Full-time jobs demanded brutal hours.
[*]CPA prep ran alongside seven-day workweeks.
[*]Sleep dropped to scraps before exams.
[*]Exhaustion followed her into the testing rooms.
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Failure streak and turning point
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[*]The CPA exam knocked her down 21 times.
[*]Clients dismissed her without certification.
[*]Persistence eventually flipped the outcome.
[*]Certification changed how her work landed.
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Dubai move and business leap
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[*]A speaking trip sparked her UAE relocation.
[*]She settled permanently in 2024.
[*]She works as a CPA while running a business.
[*]Home base sits inside Burj Khalifa.
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Faith and public message
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[*]She credits belief and discipline for progress.
[*]Her story aired on Smile Jamaica.
[*]She pushes to finish what gets started.
[*]Background never capped her ambition.
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