Do the right thing when no one is looking. Help others as often as you can. Be a good person. Treat everyone with respect. If you are a man, protect women when they need help.
It's what I did when I was younger, and it is nice being older and proud of who I was then, and not hounded by the mistakes I made.
@KDimitratos No I don't.
I haven't thought about getting an agent in years. It's probably a bit easier with AI in terms of generating query letters to pitch your work.
Self publishing democratized things but added a ton of noise.