The higher you climb, the more important it becomes to remember who held the ladder.

Almost nobody arrives anywhere alone, and the people who steadied things early are usually the easiest to forget, because their help came before there was anything impressive to attach it to. Remembering them is partly gratitude and partly accuracy about how your own story actually went.

Think of one person whose help you have not properly acknowledged. Tell them, specifically, what they did. It costs you nothing and it tends to matter far more to them than you expect.