We are told – reassuringly- that our pRESIDENT is an “artist.”
Which, in this context, appears to be a polite way of saying:
👉 no experience managing anything that comes with numbers attached.
Now, art is wonderful.
It enriches the soul.
It provokes thought.
But it does not – and this is important – teach you how to manage a multi-million-dollar budget, forecast expenses, or understand financial risk.
🎠From Canvas to Cash Flow
Somewhere along the way, we made a spectacular leap in logic:
“He paints… therefore he can manage capital reserves.”
By that standard, a violinist should perform heart surgery,
and a poet should pilot a commercial aircraft.
🧾 Budgets Are Not Abstract Expressionism
Budgets are not:
- open to interpretation
- guided by “feeling”
- improv-based
They are:
- precise
- accountable
- unforgiving
You don’t get to “express yourself” with other people’s money.
🎯 The Real Issue
This isn’t about artists.
It’s about competence vs. confidence.
There is a dangerous assumption that:
👉 confidence = capability
It doesn’t.
And when that confusion happens in a condo corporation,
the result isn’t a bad painting- …it’s real financial damage, paid for by everyone else.
🪞 The Uncomfortable Question
If you’ve never:
- managed a budget
- been accountable for financial outcomes
- made decisions with real monetary consequences
Then on what basis do you believe you should be leading one?
Because “I think I can” is not governance.
It’s gambling.
