Today’s coping tip is to decide to lift people up rather than put them down.

This is something I am trying to practice more as a coach, pointing out positive things rather than negative ones. Not that I won’t criticize, but the goal is to find places for improvement rather than point out issues as negatives.

People are hard enough on themselves with mistakes. I should note the action provides a way to move forward.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server Central newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.