Fortune should make you grateful before it makes you confident.

Good fortune can be received two ways, and the difference shapes everything after. Gratitude keeps you aware that something was given, which keeps you careful and keeps you generous. Confidence built directly on luck converts a gift into evidence about yourself, and that is a story that will eventually be corrected by circumstances.

When something goes well, name the parts that were handed to you before you name the parts you did. Then do one thing with what you received, for someone else, while you still feel the size of it.