Tag: coping

Today’s coping tip is to tell a loved one about the strengths you see in them.

For one of my kids, I’m letting them know that I see:

• responsibility for meeting their commitments
• independence in making their own decisions
• accountability for their decisions
• strong willed to drive themselves to accomplish more than they have to
• compassion for others

I’m proud of all my kids, and I took time to let one of them know.

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.

Today’s coping tip is to be gentle with someone you feel inclined to criticize.

It’s very easy, and maybe very human, to start to criticize others for doing something we wouldn’t do, or at least, something we don’t think we’d do. I sometimes wonder if we are much more likely to do this with people close to us than those we know less well.

My kids are adults now, and they are in charge of their own lives. They make mistakes, as I do, and there are times that I want to point out they could do better, or take other advice, or something else.

I am learning not to do that. One of my kids did something that cost them more money than they expected. They were upset, and it would have been easy for me to criticize the action. Instead, I have been working on being sympathetic, listening, and asking what they think or what they do. Let them work through it without me trying to solve the problem, take responsibility, or criticize.

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.

Today’s coping tip is to give sincere compliments today to people.

A tough day recently coaching, but I kept this in mind. Complementing parents, competitors and fellow coaches, and even my kids. All while not having things go our way.

It was tough, but I was working to find something good to say about a variety of people.

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.

Today’s coping tip is to share something you find inspiring, helpful, or amusing.

Maybe not inspiring to you, but it was for me. We recorded a number of customers and partners at the PASS Summit, asking them what they thought about our work at Redgate.

There’s a cool playlist that is inspiring to me. Makes me want to work harder and proud of our work.

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.