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Accounting ARC
With Arpan Grewal and Harshita Multani
Center for Accounting Transformation

Accounting ARC: Student-Led Conversations isn’t just another student podcast—it’s a cross-generational wake-up call.

In this episode, business students Arpan Grewal and Harshita Multani, both interns for the Center for Accounting Transformation, lead a powerful dialogue with Texlin Usher Quinney, CPA, PMP, Ph.D., and Byron Patrick, CPA.CITP, CGMA. Their topic? The flawed premise of “finding your passion.”

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“My daughter thought her first job out of college had to be her passion,” explains Patrick, CEO of VERIFYiQ and co-founder and educator for TB Academy. “But passion isn’t a one-time decision—it’s an evolution.”