Fame is rented month to month. Respect is the only thing you get to own outright.

Attention belongs to whoever is currently granting it and gets withdrawn without notice or explanation. Respect works differently, because it rests on a record of how you behaved, and a record does not evaporate when interest moves elsewhere. One needs constant payment to maintain, and the other keeps returning value long after the noise stops.

When you have a choice between the visible option and the sound one, notice which you are taking and why. Ask what people who worked with you would say in five years. That answer is built in ordinary moments nobody is watching.