The higher you climb, the more people helped you get there. Don’t forget to count them.

Progress hides its own supports. The teacher who stayed late, the friend who covered a shift, the person who passed your name along, the family that made room. From where you are standing it looks like one continuous effort of yours, mostly because you were the only one present for all of it.

Try writing the actual list, going back a few years. Then contact one person on it and tell them specifically what they did. Most of them have no idea it mattered.