It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.
Seth GodinBefore you tell yourself you have no right to invent this or improve that, remind yourself that the person before you had no right either, but did it anyway.
Seth GodinThere's a huge difference between being a replaceable cog on the assembly line and being the one who is missed, the one with a unique contribution, the one who made a difference.
Seth Godin