Blas Escarro: Top 4 CPA passer beat burnout by tuning out expectations

CEBU CITY, Philippines — We are conditioned to believe that brilliance arrives like lightning. We want the movie version of success: the sudden spark of late-night genius, the frantic scribbling on a chalkboard, the swelling orchestral music as a young man realizes he is destined for greatness. But if you ask Blas Miguel Escarro, a University of San Jose-Recoletos graduate, the reality of clinching the No. 4 top spot in the country’s recent Certified Public Accountant board examination was not a lightning bolt. It was the sound of a fluorescent light humming in a small, rented room. It was the […]...

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