The STAR Technique

August 31, 2020 by zac sky in career, interviews, job hunting, Jobs, Recruitment, Success, Tips and Tricks

When it comes to progressing your career through new jobs, the STAR technique is your best friend. You can use it when crafting your CV, writing a job application, and especially when preparing for your interviews.

The STAR technique ensures you tell your story properly, providing all the relevant information that a hiring manager and interviewer wants to know.

Do not leave it up to chance or hope the hiring manager will ask follow up questions. Use the STAR technique to tell a well structured and engaging story that shows how you exceed their expectations and have the relevant experience they are looking for.

Communicate Early and Often to Build Trust

January 22, 2018 by zac sky in Leadership, Relationships, Success, Work, Habit

I have just recently started a new job that I am excited about but it only took me three days to forget a cardinal rule of working in a team, especially when you are new: communicate early and often to build trust.

Schrodinger's Idea

December 13, 2017 by zac sky in Attitude, Creativity, Mindfulness, Success, Tips and Tricks

Ideas are wafts of imaginations, flights of fancy, and daydreams of insight. There is never complete certainty about an idea. If an idea were certain then it wouldn't be just an idea. Except we tend to treat ideas as if they are certain. At least for our own ideas, we look upon them as if they are fact rather than mere possibilities...

One Task a Day

January 24, 2017 by zac sky in Habit, Mindfulness, Productivity, Success, Tips and Tricks

OTAD (One task a day) is another productivity tip that is a MUST-HAVE for anyone busting their arse on a side project. Whether you are a writer, painter, entrepreneur, singer, musician, programmer, or just planning a holiday, building a treehouse, learning to cook, renovating your house, or some other project in your life. OTAD will help you

Do Not Set New Year's Resolutions

December 19, 2016 by zac sky in Attitude, Change, Goals, Habit, Tips and Tricks, Success

New year's resolutions do not work. In fact, wide sweeping resolutions of any kind are destined to fail because they create a pressure for perfection. There is middle ground for resolutions which makes them more likely to fail.

I Wrote a Screenplay and it is Utterly Terrible

October 14, 2016 by zac sky in Writing, Creativity, Success, Productivity, Habit

After several months of writing effort, squeezed in whenever I had a few spare minutes, it is with great pride that I can say that I have completed the first draft of a screenplay. It is also with great pride that I can say it is completely and utterly terrible...

Making Decisions: My Way, Your Way, and the Right Way

November 02, 2015 by zac sky in Change, Habit, Mindfulness, Relationships, Success

Everything in life has a series of choices you need to make in order to progress and every decisive moment in can seem like a make-or-break moment, a point in time where you need to make a critical decision that shapes the future, a time where you feel that you must make the 'right' decision...

How I Built My Passion Project

January 24, 2014 by zac sky in Business, Mathematics, Passion, Success

Life is meant to be pleasurable. Life is meant to be fun. Life is meant to be enjoyable. But sometimes it is easy to forget that. It is too easy to get caught up in the rat race, using bullshit phrases like “time poor” as excuses for inertia, and just plugging away in a boring and monotonous life in the hope that we can get to the fun stuff later.

Are You One of Life's Workers?

July 01, 2013 by zac sky in Attitude, Business, Leadership, Success

I’ve tried - oh how I’ve tried – to fit in to the general expectation of society for the concept of working. I’ve tried to enjoy my job, I’ve tried to believe that we’re all supposed to turn up and do the same repetitive tasks every day, and I’ve tried to accept that this is simply just how life works. I’ve tried and I’ve failed.

Be Driven By What You Want

February 25, 2013 by zac sky in Goals, Mindfulness, Success

Setting goals is important in life as the right goals can provide motivation and encouragement. They can help you pick yourself up from the floor whenever something goes wrong, they provide a strong feeling of purpose and meaning to your life, and they help keep you focused. But only when we set the "right" kind of goals...