Hashem Is the Master of Every Throne
The Rizhiner read Yosef's message to Yaakov as saying that Yosef had made Hashem the master of Egypt, because the true tzaddik credits everything to Him.
When Yosef sent word to Yaakov that Hashem had made him master of Egypt, the Rizhiner asked how this could be good news to a father. It sounds like a report of promotion. His answer turned on a play of letters. The word for "made me" can be read as two words meaning "I placed": Yosef was telling his father that he had set Hashem as Master over all of Egypt. Rav Yechiel of Alexander, whose son printed the teaching in Yismach Yisroel, explained that this is the mark of a true tzaddik. He hands everything back to the King of kings and makes it known that Hashem alone does and will do every act. Even as a ruler Yosef had told Pharaoh that the answer was not in his hands. Moshe and Aharon said the same when they asked, "What are we?"
Source: Yismach Yisroel (R' Yerachmiel Yisroel Yitzchok Danziger of Alexander), Vayigash, maamar 7, on Bereishis 45:9
The next time something goes well for you, a success at work, a good word from someone, a day when everything falls into place, pause for one sentence and say it quietly to Hashem: this came from You. Do the same when you are praised. You do not need to dismiss your own effort, only to remember who gave you the strength and the opportunity. People who practice this tend to carry success more lightly, and to find it easier to be generous to others.