How do I carry decisions that affect people I'll never meet?

You set the risk appetite for the whole company, and your decisions quietly reach thousands of people you will never meet. That weight is real, and the fact that you feel it — rather than hiding behind the numbers — says something good about you. Power felt is power more likely to be used with care. You cannot know every life your decisions touch; the scale makes that impossible. But that is exactly why the principles behind your decisions matter so much. When you cannot see the individual, you have to be fair by design — building rules that protect the unseen person even when no one is watching for them. Your conscience is the thing standing in for all those faces you never see. So make one decision this quarter with a specific human being in mind, not just a curve. Ask who gets hurt if this line moves, and whether that is just. You will not meet them, but you can decide to keep them real in your mind. That is how someone with unseen power stays honest.