Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 24/04/2026I mean, all he needs is a drinking problem and he’ll qualify for a position in the Liquor Cabinet. 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 31/03/2026Find yourself catastrophizing when things go wrong? Looking at the worst possible outcomes, no matter how unlikely? That's a coping mechanism. You can let that go. stopcoping.com/2026/03/31/c...stopcoping.comCatastrophizing Is CopingDo you catastrophize when things go wrong? Look for the worst possible outcomes? That's a coping strategy that keeps you stuck. 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 09/12/2025The Illusion of Control blocks your Agency and your ability to take ownership of your life. stopcoping.com/2025/12/08/a...stopcoping.comAgency and the Illusion of ControlDon't fall for the illusion of control. Agency in your life is the key to power. Take ownership, not control. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 20/11/2025Break the habit of starting too many things and pay down your 'starting debt' stopcoping.com/2025/11/20/s...stopcoping.comStarting DebtUnderstand the concept of starting debt. Learn how incomplete tasks affect productivity and team dynamics. 020
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 11/11/2025Try practicing Kerth's Prime Directive towards yourself "Regardless of what I discover, I understand and truly believe I did the best job I could, given what I knew at the time, my skills and abilities, the resources available, and the situation at hand." stopcoping.com/2025/11/11/p...stopcoping.comPrime Self-DirectiveDiscover the power of the prime directive for self-reflection and ownership of your decisions and outcomes. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 10/11/2025End of Year The end of year can be stressful and busy. Maybe you have the opportunity to work with a coach who can support you? stopcoping.com/2025/11/10/e...stopcoping.comEnd of Year - Stop CopingThis could be the right time to improve your performance and your ability to grow by engaging a coach. Grab the opportunity! 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 30/10/2025Flip your approach to analyzing risk! stopcoping.com/2025/10/30/r...stopcoping.comRisk - Stop CopingAsk questions about what enables useful and beneficial things to happen, rather than putting the “bad” stuff under the microscope. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 03/10/2025What would happen if you told the critical voice inside your head to shut up? stopcoping.com/2025/10/03/w...stopcoping.comWhat would happen - Stop CopingCan you stop listening to the voice inside your head that criticizes and invalidates you? Tell it to pipe down. 020
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 02/10/2025Do you get caught up feeling like you're "supposed to be" someone different? stopcoping.com/2025/10/02/a...stopcoping.comAuthentic - Stop Coping“I want to meet you as you are, not as you ought to be.” — Virginia Satir 020
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 01/10/2025“Wait. Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine times patience.” -- Ursula K. LeGuin, "A Wizard of Earthsea" stopcoping.com/2025/10/01/p...stopcoping.comPatience - Stop Coping“Wait. Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine times patience.” Master patience to lessen your stress, and increase freedom, choice, and power. 020
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 30/09/2025When big changes come, they often come with "marching orders" instead of context. Unlocking the context will improve the situation immensely. stopcoping.com/2025/09/30/c...stopcoping.comContext - Stop CopingBig changes often come with "marching orders" and "because I said so." Get past that to unlock important context. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 29/09/2025Your attachment to roadmaps and plans causes most of the stress and pain. stopcoping.com/2025/09/29/a...stopcoping.comAttachment - Stop CopingYour attachment to roadmaps, plans, and milestones creates most of the stress around large projects. Break the habit. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 26/09/2025Wrap up your week, celebrate your wins, and go enjoy your weekend. stopcoping.com/2025/09/26/w...stopcoping.comWrap Up - Stop CopingIt's Friday. Wrap up work, celebrate your wins, and honor the boundary between work time and the rest of your life. 020
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 25/09/2025Do you treat yourself as well as those you love? stopcoping.com/2025/09/25/s...stopcoping.comSelf - Stop CopingDo you treat others in your life better than yourself? Treat yourself the way you treat those you love, turn off the inner critic. 020
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 24/09/2025"Freedom of Choice is what you got, Freedom from Choice is what you want" - Devo When you get stuck coping, you want freedom _from_ choice. Keep your power and your choice. stopcoping.com/2025/09/24/f...stopcoping.comFreedom from Choice - Stop CopingCoping gives you freedom _from_ choice. Confront the real problem and achieve freedom and power of choice. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 24/09/2025You are bigger than any problem that comes your way. It's just hard to believe in it. stopcoping.com/2025/09/23/b...stopcoping.comBigger than Any Problem - Stop CopingYou are bigger than any problem that occurs in your life. There are a lot of problems that don’t feel that way. Problems that feel as big as the world, sometimes. How can you really be bigger than all... 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 22/09/2025When your plans get changed, can you probe the new reality to find a path forward? stopcoping.com/2025/09/22/p...stopcoping.comPlans, Punches, Pressure, and Probes - Stop CopingPlans changing can feel like getting punched. What kind of pressure does that create, and and how can you probe the change? 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 30/08/2025You make and are impacted by decisions constantly. How can you make them better? stopcoping.com/2025/08/25/d...stopcoping.comDecisions - Stop CopingYou make dozens if not hundreds of decisions daily. Thousands if you count all the subconscious ones like when to hit each key, how far to move your mouse, etc. Consider just the active, conscious cho... 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 28/08/2025Your work is more than a slot machine that you hope pays off with raises and promotions stopcoping.com/2025/08/28/s...stopcoping.comSlots - Stop CopingHave you ever played games that feel like you’re just “so close” to winning, and then the wrong thing happens? You get the wrong shaped blocks, or the wrong multiplier pops up, or some other ‘unlucky’... 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 19/08/2025Feeling needs creates stress in our bodies. Turning those needs into wants frees us from the stress. stopcoping.com/2025/08/19/n...stopcoping.comNeeds and Wants - Stop CopingFeeling needs adds stress to your life about things that are not essential to your existence. Turn that stress into power and peace by focusing on wants. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 18/08/2025Thinking about leaving a job? Hearing "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by the Clash in your head? Maybe this can help stopcoping.com/2025/08/18/s...stopcoping.comShould I Stay or Should I Go - Stop CopingStay or Go Ever think about leaving the place you’ve been working? End up singing The Clash in your head? “Should I stay or should I go now?” Sometimes you’ve left. Others, you’ve stayed. It can be ha... 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 13/08/2025Do you get caught up wearing "correcting" lenses? Where everything you see is either right or wrong? Take off your correcting lenses. stopcoping.com/2025/08/13/c...stopcoping.comCorrecting Lenses - Stop Copingyour correcting lenses invalidate others, and make them “incorrect.” That’s a terrible place to put another human being. 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 12/08/2025How much time do you spend thinking about what's "wrong" with your performance? Or with yourself? That's waste. Learn to correct without "wronging" yourself. stopcoping.com/2025/08/12/t...stopcoping.comThe Waste of "Wrong" - Stop Coping“That was wrong” What percentage of your time do you spend thinking about what’s wrong with your performance? With you? Any number greater than zero is waste. This feels counterintuitive. Maybe even “... 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 12/08/2025Feel like everything goes by so fast, and remembering last week is like a blur? Stop sprinting past your life. stopcoping.com/2025/08/11/s...stopcoping.comSprinting Past Your Life - Stop CopingStop sprinting past your life, use segment intention to be fully present, to escape the hamster wheel, and to enjoy life. 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 07/08/2025Ever get caught in arguments that feel like the Monty Python sketch? Putting curiosity first can help you escape. stopcoping.com/2025/08/07/e...stopcoping.comEscaping Room 12A - Stop CopingStuck arguing? You can learn to be curious, and escape the arguments. A Coach can help you learn and practice. 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 06/08/2025Want to ditch old habits that keep you coping, and play a bigger game? Consider me as your coach. stopcoping.com/2025/08/06/p...stopcoping.comPut Me In, Coach - Stop CopingCoaching can help you grow when everyone else is shrinking. It can help you get in the game you want to be playing. Stop coping, start growing. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 29/07/2025Your unchallenged beliefs are limiting you. Learn more about how that happens and how to let them go here - stopcoping.com/2025/07/29/e...stopcoping.comEscaping Limiting Beliefs - Stop CopingYou deal with beliefs that limit your potential and your future all the time. By looking at one possible set of limiting beliefs, you can see how to escape that trap. 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 26/02/20257 DAYS Want to create positive change in your life? Handle upsets and problems with confidence, clarity, and success? Stop coping and start growing? Responsibility Immersion begins on March 5th. Choose, create, and attract more of what you want. Find out more at responsibility.com/yhzh 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 14/02/2025The cost of citizenship is neither free nor cheap. It is not a passive marker that our forebears paid in the past, it is a choice the majority will never fully understand or embrace, an uncomfortable place where we must push against entropy and meanness and indifference. 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 14/02/2025Is taking ownership of what you do only for your professional life? Find yourself laying blame on family members, justifying, feeling ashamed, or doing things out of obligation? What upsets could you eliminate if you own every moment, professional and personal? Learn more responsibility.com/8bxvresponsibility.comImmersion - The Responsibility CompanyImmerse yourself in a Responsibility culture to counteract the coping culture you live in now. Just like learning any new practice, it is invaluable to have the structure and support of a guide and fe... 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 27/01/2025WANT TO, NOT HAVE TO “I just have to figure out a way to get this done” You’ve probably “done what you _have_ to” for years. Your biggest wins come when you’re 100% committed. Turn “have to” into “want to” more and more often. Check out responsibility.com/zmgg But only because you want to. 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 24/01/2025CHANGE IS HARD If you never go to the gym, it's hard to go the first time. Taking ownership of your life is hard. Having someone invested in your change makes it 70% more likely you’ll succeed. Responsibility Immersion could be support you need to take change your life. responsibility.com/pqo7 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 23/01/2025RSG right on the nose with the importance of knowing what your team’s “ick” means, and how it guides your choices 111
Reposted by Craig DialJohnathan Nightingale @johnathan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025We wrote about, you know, the ~~~everything~~~. And what you should be doing if you’re in a management position right now. (Which is, to be fair, what @shappy.bsky.social and I always write about. But nevertheless!)rawsignal.caApropos of everything - Raw Signal GroupIf we’re honest about it, Mark Zuckerberg has been icky for a long time. 22711
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 22/01/2025DITCH THE PROGRAM Ever have a boss who yelled at you? Now you don’t want to make your boss yell. You end up stuck with an unconscious program that blocks you from what you really want. How do you ditch the program? Awareness gives you a different choice. Learn more at responsibility.com/4zjpresponsibility.comImmersion - The Responsibility CompanyImmerse yourself in a Responsibility culture to counteract the coping culture you live in now. Just like learning any new practice, it is invaluable to have the structure and support of a guide and fe... 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 20/01/2025Figure out what you wish you'd said much later than when you wish you'd said it? We get caught in the energy our conversation partner brings and get stuck there. Feel their energy, and yours. Ask yourself, “What energy do I want to Respond with?” Learn more responsibility.com/4zjpresponsibility.comImmersion - The Responsibility CompanyImmerse yourself in a Responsibility culture to counteract the coping culture you live in now. Just like learning any new practice, it is invaluable to have the structure and support of a guide and fe... 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 14/01/2025LEAD YOURSELF FIRST All leadership starts with self-leadership. Leadership happens when you: • Take ownership of something, like a project, or a problem you see. Attract others to help produce meaningful results. That’s it. Learn more about how to lead yourself first at responsibility.com/avd0responsibility.comImmersion - The Responsibility CompanyImmerse yourself in a Responsibility culture to counteract the coping culture you live in now. Just like learning any new practice, it is invaluable to have the structure and support of a guide and fe... 000
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 09/01/2025THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT Resolutions are aboutchange, and they often fail. Why? Resolutions express "ought to do", not "want to do" - that's Obligation. Transforming “ought to” into “want to” taps into your full power change. Responsibility Immersion teaches you how. responsibility.com/54x8 100
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 02/01/2025Happy New Year! Are you making resolutions - commitments to change and grow? Build powerful ownership of your choices, attract more of what you want, and handle problems with ease in Responsibility Immersion. The next 20-week course begins 26 February 2025. Details at responsibility.com/kzvi 010
Craig Dial @stopcoping.com · 25/12/2024Christmas is almost here, and many folks are already spending time with family for the holidays. If it feels stressed, or tense, or not so joyful, take a moment to get away, even to the bathroom. Breathe a moment, and ask yourself what you truly want at that time, and what you can do to make it so. 130