Confidence is crucial in every pursuit for a professional certification. Confidence corresponds with your determination to pass the CIA exam, thus directly affecting your commitment to proper preparation. Your level of commitment also has a symbiotic relationship with your attitude. A positive attitude while preparing for and taking the exam aids retention of information and improves reasoning ability. The best way to develop this positive attitude is through a successful preparation program. Success tends to breed success. All things being equal, individuals with a well-founded expectation of accomplishment will outperform their pessimistic peers.
Remember the story The Little Engine that Could? The train believed it could make it up the massive mountain. It kept saying, “I think I can, I think I can,” and as the little engine got closer and closer to the top of the mountain it started shouting, “I know I can, I know I can.” The result was that the little engine climbed over the mountain. Using this analogy, you are the Little Engine that Could and the CIA exam is the mountain. You must remain committed by having complete confidence in yourself while possessing positive attitude. Such determination to succeed will help you overcome the CIA exam’s treacherous pitfalls and shortcomings.
