Ownership, Stewardship, and Entitlement

Ownership, Stewardship, and Entitlement. We can sometimes get lost in the feelings of ownership and entitlement. We feel entitled to what we own, and do not think twice about what we do with it. We are not here simply to live and pass away for nothing. If we are to make progress in our lives, we must think of ourselves as stewards. We must recognize that life is more than what we see and have right now.
Disclosure: This article was originally written for and published in Each Peso Counts. Sadly, the blog isn't around anymore.

Companies typically have what they call core values. And in one of my previous companies, one of the core values was stewardship.

I still remember our executive talking about it. He explained that we should act not as employees but as part owners of the company. That we should take responsibility and help in the growth and success of the company because we should realize that the company's success is our success.

But recently, I began to understand this more deeply after reading a quote from Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala on the importance of stewardship in the continued success of Ayala Corporation:
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