Money - Part 3
Ownership vs Stewardship
Open: I need
someone here to give me $100.
Imagine you took
a job in Bahrain, a 3 year contract. You were going to be paid a huge salary,
but you’re wife could not accompany you.
So, you enlisted the assistance of ten men to look after your wife. You gave each one $10,000 per month, with
instructions that they were to each give $1000 a month to your wife for her
provision, and the rest they could keep. (in other words – they are stewards)
After a year,
you’re Skyping with your wife, “By the way, how’s our arrangement going? Are
you getting your monthly provision? She
then proceeds to tell you “Well, four of the men are faithfully giving me $1000
per month, just as you asked. Three of
them are only sending $500 per month, and two of them stopped sending my
anything at all. But its OK, one of the
men has been sending me $5000 per month.
1.
What would be your course of action for these
stewards?
a.
$1000 a month?
(Probably continue the arrangement)
b.
$500 a month? (May fire them, but for sure
reduce salary)
c.
$0? (Definitely
fired!)
d.
$5000 per month? (Well, since he’s sending $5000
per month, why not increase his pay, might even give him what you were giving
the other 5!)
