Don’t decide you’re too good now to do the things that made you a success in the first place. How many opportunities could you be missing out on.  You don’t always have to be the star. You just have to make the most of the opportunities you have.

Be nice to people on the way up, because you’ll see them again on the way down.  There are hundreds of stories of people who made it big and blew it. You don’t have to be one of them. You can choose not to make it big. Or you can be prepared to handle it when you do.

Take on a variety of projects.  It is all too easy to be pigeonholed, and you’ll lose out on opportunities to spread your wings. Don’t let yourself be known for only one thing.

Don’t brag. You will alienate people and your circle of friends will dwindle. You need people to keep you grounded. It is all too easy to surround yourself with sycophants when you’re very successful. They will not help you stay successful. Stick with your friends, those who are willing to tell you your head’s up your butt. Listen to them. They’re in your corner.

Bad attitudes are contagious. It is not okay to be boorish, selfish, and cruel and behave like an idiot. Too many people think that means you have power. Power is having choices. Don’t choose to be an ass.

Control the temptation to be bizarre. Many people feel that you have to get farther and farther out there just to be different in today’s anything goes society.

Ego. Runaway ego can ruin your chances for clarity and lead to poor decisions. You feel you are invincible. Drunk with your own power. The Greeks called it hubris, the feeling that you are as good as the gods. In Greek myths, the gods usually got ticked off by that attitude and proved you wrong. Thunder, lightning, suffering and failure tended to follow.