We should celebrate our victories as they come, but always remember that success is fleeting. Stay humble. We sometimes hear proud 50-year-olds who still talk about the accomplishments they achieved in their 20s, and that means they stopped being successful 30 years ago. Always keep looking forward and focus on self-improvement.

When we become adults we sometimes have to make important decisions and not all of them will be correct. To be taken seriously as a mature person, it’s important to take responsibility for our actions when we’ve made mistakes, to accept the consequences, to learn from our mistakes and move on.

To have a strong relationship with our children, it’s important that we spend time with them. Every little bit counts. Try to make an effort to be with them, even if it’s just 30 minutes in the morning before going to work, or after business dinners to read them bedtime stories.

Children remember these little things. Years from now, our professional successes won’t hold as much weight compared to our kids’ memories of us.

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