SQL SERVER – Year 2014 Reflections by Tim Radney – Notes from the Field #060

[Notes from Pinal]: New Year’s Resolutions is a funny word. Everybody makes it on January 1st but breaks it in very few days. I used to make resolutions too, but for a while, I have stopped this practice. Tim Radney is my great friend and I asked him that what can replace resolutions for the new year. He immediately said – Reflections on Previous Years. I really like how promptly he answered me. If you think, it does make sense to look back and see how much we have accomplished in this one year. We can build the next year’s plan based on what we have done and what we should have done. I think it is a great way to start a new year. I requested him to if he can give any example of Reflections on Previous Years.

On this new year, I also would like to congratulate Tim for joining SQLskills and beginning a new chapter in his career. I will repeat one of the statements which I told my friend – Tim is not like my brother, he is my brother.

With the beginning of every year, many of us reflect back on the previous year and also while doing so set goals or resolutions for the upcoming New Year. I am hopeful that for all of you reading this that you get to reflect back to a prosperous year full of good health and knowledge gain.

With me being fairly active on social media such as Facebook and Twitter, each year I see resolutions people make for themselves ranging from getting in better health, writing a book, reading more books, blogging more, learning a new skill or finding a better job. Whatever goals or resolutions you may have for yourself, I recommend establishing smaller milestones to help you measure your success of reaching your goal. I have found success by treating these goals as a bunch of smaller task. That makes them much more manageable.

The year 2014 has been very good for me. I have made many new friends in the SQL community, I was awarded SQL Server MVP from Microsoft, released my third book, spoke at numerous SQL conferences including the PASS Summit, attended the Microsoft MVP Summit, was award D&B MVP, ran a half marathon, and decided to change employers for the first time in 17 years.

None of those things would have been possible without the SQL community and without setting goals for myself. I am one LUCKY guy, but at the same time I work hard and seize opportunities that are given to me. I have been lucky and blessed that others have invested their time into me. Others have seen things in me that they could train, encourage and mentor and have helped push me to be become stronger in my skill. I encourage you all to do the same for others.

Let 2015 be the year that you find a mentor of your own if you don’t have one, and start mentoring others if you aren’t already. We have a saying among the SQL speakers. If you want to learn something really well, get up to speak about it. That same can be said about helping others grow. If you want to really grow in your career, help others grow in theirs as well. The rewards are endless.

I don’t know what all 2015 will hold for me, but I will continue to study, read and learn as much as possible. As I learn new tips and tricks I will be blogging and tweeting to share my finds. I encourage you to do the same and help continue to make our SQL community great.

A special thank you to my very good friend Pinal Dave for helping to make 2014 a stellar year for me. I value our friendship a great deal and it was great to finally meet the rest of your family in Seattle.

If you want me to take a look at your server and its settings, or if your server is facing any issue we can Fix Your SQL Server.

Note: Tim has also written an excellent book on SQL Backup and Recovery, a must have for everyone.

Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)