Winning sorts your circle fast. Watch who’s happy for you and who suddenly has “concerns.”

Good news works like a light in a room. It shows you who is genuinely glad and who suddenly needs to explain why it is not that big a deal. Almost nobody says they are jealous out loud; it comes out as advice, as worry about whether you can handle it, as a joke that lands a second too hard.

Next time something goes well for you, notice the first reactions before you explain them away. You do not have to cut anybody off over it. Just pay attention to who you want to tell first the following time.