CTA Skills 2025

CTA Skills 2025

Skills, Strategy and Mindset Coaching for CTA students

$110 once-off 4 Monthly payments of $33 Free Preview

What's in the course?

4 Live Sessions over 8 weeks

Practical Skills, motivation, advice and study strategy - in the evenings, with recordings sent afterwards
One-on-one Session

Chat with me... we're going to talk about your challenges, advice specifically for you.. and improve your studying
Online Course

The course covers 6 Skills that will improve the way you study and answer questions. (You think of these as exam technique... at some point I'll explain why I don't like this!)
Questions to Apply Skills

Questions are included in the course for you to practice the Skills we cover. You don't need to send them to me, but the study forms, the marking and the feedback videos will help you improve your studying.

Course Contents

1

S1 - Welcome! How does this course work?
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S2 - Live Sessions & Recordings
- Recording Session 1 - 4 Feb '25
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S3 - What do you need to focus on?
- L1 - What was up with the ITC? And the new IAC? And CTA?!
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- L2 - What does SAICA say students struggle with?
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- L3 - Is your study table falling over?
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- SAICA - IAC Competency Framework
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S4 - Your New Study Approach
- L1 - HOW do you learn from doing questions?
- L2 - Your new study approach
- L3 - Your Exam is a Game
- L4 - Is it theory that's costing you marks in discussion questions?
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- L5 - Do you think when you study?
- L6 - Full Sim Exams? Or Smaller Questions?
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Task 1 - How to evaluate whether you need revision
- What will we cover in Task 1?
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- L1 - Just 3%
- L2 - Here's how you're going to study
- L3 - BMCR
- L4 - BMCR Summary
- L5 - How do I fix my marks!?
- L7 - Reframing - The Tool to Change your Mind
- Let's talk about the question before you move on...
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Fixes for Common Student Challenges
- What you'll find in this section & How to use it
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- "Why don't I do questions!? What's wrong with me!?"
- "I'm not studying the way I PLAN to!"
- "How do I learn instead of memorise?"
- Using ChatGPT as a tutor / lecturer / study guide
- "I don't think I can do this..."
- "I struggle with FinMan topics"
- "I don't know the answers to questions I try"
- "I'm panicking... in studies and exams"
- "I need some study guidance!?"
- You vs Study You
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Task 2 - Planning your Case Study & Required
- What will we cover in Task 2?
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- NB: Why do you need to REALLY focus on this?
- L1 - Look vs Read
- L2 - 3 Warnings for the new IAC exam
- L3 - RTFQ
- L4 - Case Study Reading
- L5 - Case Study Reading: The NASTY stuff
- L6 - The Power of 'Thing'
- L7 - Additional Tools to help you
- L8 - Case Study Planning: Practical Example
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Task 3 - Discussion Questions
- What will we cover in Task 3?
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- L1 - Why do we need to actively work on Communication, even though we know our work?
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- L2 - How to do compliance-based discussion questions
- L3 - The Basic Elements of any Discussion
- L4 - Discussions: Your Introduction
- L5 - Shape of Discussions
- L6 - CPC Discussion Structures
- L7 - Tax Discussion Questions
- L8 - Basic Discussion Example
- Task 3 Student Attempt Examples
- Task 3 Feedback Video 1 - Solution structure
- Task 3 Feedback Video 2 - Additional structure
- Task 3 - Your Feedback
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Task 3 Extra - Discussion Questions
- L1 - Let's talk Strategy questions (FinMan)
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Task 4 - Strategic Planning vs Subject-matter Expertise
- Are you bringing your other Skills with you?
- What will we cover in Task 4?
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- L1 - Are you studying TOWARDS your exam?
- L2 - Shift Gears: Strategy vs Subject-matter
- L3 - Passing a Debenture question on strategy
- L4 - "Just another 10%"
- L5 - HOW do we shift focus?
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Task 5 - Structure & Planning your Answer
- What will we cover in Task 5?
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- L1 - 6 Steps to a Better Structure
- L2 - Step 1 to 3
- L3 - Step 4 to 6
- L4- Break it Down - Example of Definition Structure
- L5 - Break it Down - Example of Calculation Steps
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Task 5 Extra - Advanced Structuring Question
- L1 - Answer vs Process (Marking notes)
- L2 - The Hunt for Structure
- L3 - RTFQ: Super-simple
- L4 - RTFQ: Using the power of 'thing'
- L5 - RTFQ: Why the 'weird' wording?!
- L6 - Slow Down
- L7 - Some challenges in the question
- L8 - Tell me WHY!!!
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Task 6 - Improving Application and Communication
- What will we cover in Task 6?
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- L1 - Filing Cabinets vs Toolboxes
- L2 - Identifying and Improving Application Issues
- L3 - Identifying and Improving Communication Issues
- L4 - Common Communication Challenges
- L5 - How can we fix communication issues?
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Auditing Paper
- What's this for?
- Grassroots Attempt Submission
- What should you have thought of?
- How did it go?
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Congrats! You did it!
- Congrats on completing the course!
- L1 - What now? Full Sim Exams? Or Smaller Questions?
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DIY Tasks
- DIY Tasks - Make the Skills second nature
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- DIY Task 1
- DIY Task 2
- DIY Task 3
- DIY Task 4
- DIY Task 5
- DIY Task 6

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