Tag Archives: Personal Development

Entering Speech Contests in Toastmasters (Part 1)

Posted on May 20, 2022 by TheFinanceNerd

As my Toastmasters journey continues, I have been reaping a lot of the benefits from being an active member. In my last post, I spoke about how taking a club officer role helped me in working on my leadership skills. … Continue reading →

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Quantic: The Accounting Module

Posted on February 27, 2022 by TheFinanceNerd

I have recently completed the Accounting module which is the EMBA’s first module so in this post I will share some thoughts about my learning experience. In past posts, I gave a general overview about the EMBA but now that … Continue reading →

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Taking a Club Officer Role at Toastmasters

Posted on February 9, 2022 by TheFinanceNerd

In a past post, I wrote about my experience in joining a Toastmasters Club. As I am writing this post, around a year and a half has passed since and there is a lot that I have gained from my … Continue reading →

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World Quant University (WQU)’s Applied Data Science Module

Posted on September 3, 2021 by TheFinanceNerd

So, you are interested in Data Science and you have come across this free course offered by WQU and you are evaluating whether this course might be worth your time. In this post I will share my experience from having … Continue reading →

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Re: Bloomberg Opinion Piece: “Wall Street’s CFA Program Is a Colossal Waste of Time”

Posted on August 29, 2021 by TheFinanceNerd

On 17th August 2021, Bloomberg published an opinion piece titled “Wall Street’s CFA Program Is a Colossal Waste of Time ” and this post is a response to that article. The CFA Charter has very often been regarded as the … Continue reading →

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Exam Preparation Tips

Posted on July 4, 2021 by TheFinanceNerd

Dear Reader, if you are reading these words, chances are that you have an important exam coming up and that you are looking for some helpful content online. Or maybe you are just looking for a good excuse to put … Continue reading →

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What I blog about when blogging about blogging

Posted on June 19, 2021 by TheFinanceNerd

Last month was TheFinanceNerd’s three year anniversary. The blog originally started as a way for me to share my thoughts and experiences about financial qualifications in the hope of providing useful information to people thinking of levelling up their skills. … Continue reading →

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I tried Time-Boxing for 8 months, here’s what happened

Posted on March 1, 2021 by TheFinanceNerd

Time-boxing has been one of those buzzwords that I have been hearing very often lately so I was very keen on giving it a go. For those of you who are not familiar with it, this is a technique for … Continue reading →

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Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking

Posted on November 16, 2020 by TheFinanceNerd

It is very common to hear that public speaking ranks high among the list of things that we might fear. Some studies have also looked into claims about the fear of public speaking ranking above the fear of death[1]. The … Continue reading →

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Working with recruiters (as a candidate)

Posted on September 7, 2020 by TheFinanceNerd

As a financial professional, you will reach that stage in your career where you start getting emails and calls from recruiters regarding new job opportunities. What do you do? How can you best maximise your interactions with recruiters to achieve … Continue reading →

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