What Jesus wants us to notice about this steward is his shrewdness. Shrewdness is the crafty way someone maneuvers in a tight situation. By forgiving the debt the customers owed, he made friends for himself when he would be out of a job. Then he would have some help until he got back on his feet. Making friends with the world means doing what you do best so that the word of God can be spread.
Some people are good at making money.
I know a man who has been so successful in his life that everything he does seems to turn to gold. When he was a boy, he and his brothers bought an old piece of farm ground. It was dry and good for nothing. They dug a well, built a windmill out of scrap metal, and turned the property around for a good profit. His whole life has been like that.