1) Take time to think twice what you did pissed off Michael. Never make same mistake again. Always be professional, all the time.

2) No need to compare with others, you need stretch to the maximum of your potential, that's it and that's all.

3) Be positive, talk to friends with positive attitude. Don't let your belief system down. Every cloud has a silver lining.

If demand is high, who cares about Michael. Everyone goes after CA.

In the end, it is the relation of supply and demand.

My 2 cents.

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基本不建议自费读， 因为对找工作没有什么帮助。 做tax compliance工作的不需要上这个课。做tax planning 入门门槛比较高。
时间历时2年， 全部费用2万多。 没有CCH Library （每2个月更新1次，年费$5,000)， 很难follow up。
中间还不能停， 如果听课保留学籍好要交500CAD！

1。不要跟人比，人比人，气死人。别人能混得好，自有他的过人之处。 别人也会羡慕你，CA不是那么好拿的。
2。 你有8次面试机会，在现在的经济状况下，说明还是有市场的。多看看面试技巧的书，上网查面试资料，想必会有帮助。
3。 Reference 出了问题，不会每个愿给offer的公司都熟知你的老板。不必太在意。
4。 心态要好，得之我幸，不得我命。最后得到的，一定是最适合你的。
Keep going & Good Luck!

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛exempts from a daybook of comfort and joy

Gratitude

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Simplicity

Experience the simple pleasure of concentrating on one task at a time. When we take stock of our lives and let gratitude begin its transformative work, the next step on the path unfolds naturally. When we appreciate how much we have, we feel the urge to pare down, get back to basics, and learn what is essential for our happiness.
Today is a gift to be simple
Today is a gift to be free
Today is a gift to come down
Where we ought to be
And when we find ourselves
In the place that’s right
I will be in the valley
Of love and delight

Order

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. There is a divine order – a sublime order – inherent in the universe. We can tap into this powerful source of creative energy when we are willing to gradually cultivate a sense of order as to how we conduct our daily affairs.

Harmony

Harmony is the inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune. We are able to strike the right chord – to balance the expectations of our families and our responsibilities in the world on the one hand with our inner needs for spiritual growth and personal expression on the other. This is one of the most difficult challenges we faces because it requires that we make choices every day. Usually when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we need the most: quiet, reflective time - time to dream, time to contemplate what’s working and what’s not, so that we can make changes for the better.

Beauty

We learn to be grateful no matter what our circumstances may be. In offering gratitude for our real lives, we discover how to change them for the better. As we embrace simplicity, we learn that less is truly more. This freedom encourages us to bring order to our affairs and cultivate harmony in our inner world. Going at our own pace, learning to recognize our limitations, appreciating our progress, we weave the lessons into the fabric of our daily moments until they become a part of us. We come to a deep awareness that creating a beautiful life is our highest calling.

Joy

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy. But this requires a profound inner shift in our reality. I learn to trust the flow of life and the goodness of spirit. I began to expect the best from any situation. I could write new chapters in my life with happy endings. I am willing to let go of struggle and eager to learn through joy.

Acres of diamonds

Within each of us lie a wellspring of abundance and the seeds of opportunity. For each of us there is a deeply personal dream waiting to be discovered and fulfilled. When we cherish our dream and then invest love, creative energy, perseverance, and passion in ourselves, we will achieve an authentic success.

Acceptance

What is acceptance? Acceptance is surrendering to what is: our circumstances, our feelings, our problems, our financial status, our work, our health, our relationships with other people, the delay of our dreams. The acceptance has become the long sign of the soul. It is the closed eyes in prayer. It’s all right, as in “all right, you lead, I will follow”. Everything is going to turn out all right.

Blessing our circumstances

Bless a thing and it will bless you. If I bless a situation, it has no power to hurt me, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if I sincerely bless it.
Blessed be the morning for me and mine. Blessed be the day for me and mine. Blessed be the night for me and mine. My work is a prayer for good for me and mine.
I will write myself into well-being.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

It listed 12 ways to keep us happy and I would like to share with you:

1. gratitude: write down 5 items that you appreciated during the day
2. optimism: always expect the best things going to happen to you
3. active involvement: keep yourself busy
4. exercise: physical fitness
5. commitment to your goals/dreams: never give up your burning desires
6. coping: endure difficulties, hurts
7. nurturing relationship: choose one person to strengthen the relationship
8. learning forgive
9. stop comparison
10. pray
11. practice active kindness
12. recall good memories and share with others

平时也可以这样来让自己高兴起来

IT or finance or Tax professional? Do you think if those so-called good qualification make you feel too good about yourself?

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1. 如果饭菜好吃, 请不吝夸奖并自觉洗碗;
2. 如果觉得不肉麻和别扭, 可以多夸夸老婆年轻,好看, 温柔, 坚强等等
3. 睡觉前, 上班前给个温暖的拥抱
4.上班空闲的时候打个电话问候一下
5. 允许并热情支持"不必要的开销" - 心情不好需要更多小资情调嘛
6. 多生几个孩子. 来加拿大还坚持计划生育多傻
7. 不要催我们, 我们想上班的心情更迫切

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