The lifeguard chair is tall so she can see everyone. Use your position for the view, not the attention.

Height in that chair is a tool, not a reward. Any raised position gives you two things at once: you can see more and you can be seen more, and it is up to you which you use. People who take the attention stop watching the water.

If you have been given any kind of position this year, ask what you can see from it that others cannot. Then act on one of those things. Spending the position on being looked at is the fastest way to waste it.