You are managing things you did not create and will not keep.

The talent, the years, the money, the people entrusted to you. None of it originated with you. You are the tenant here, not the landlord, and stewardship is the honest name for that.

It removes two burdens at once. You are accountable but not omnipotent, and you are not free to be careless. Both anxiety and entitlement lose their footing.

Ask what you are currently holding on behalf of someone else. Then manage it the way you would manage property belonging to a person you deeply respect.