People forget your achievements faster than you think. They remember how you treated them for years.

Accomplishments fade from other people’s memory quickly, because your results are not especially relevant to their lives. How you made them feel is relevant, which is why that part lasts. Someone will forget your grades, your placing and your title within a couple of years and remember exactly how you spoke to them on a bad day. That imbalance decides most of what gets said about you later.

Watch how you treat people when you are stressed, since that is the version that gets remembered. Apologize quickly when you get it wrong. Small repairs count for more here than large achievements.