When you win, let “thank you” be the first thing out of your mouth. The rest can wait.

Winning pulls your attention straight to yourself, which is exactly when it is worth pointing it somewhere else. The driver, the teammate who covered for you, the person who stayed late: a win has fingerprints on it that are not yours. Saying so first costs nothing and changes how the room feels about your success.

Before your next result, pick two people you will thank out loud if it goes well. Use their names rather than a general thanks to everyone. If it goes badly, thank them anyway, because they did the same work either way.