Why Jews are disproportionally successful
Heinrich
The fact that Jews are disproportionally successful in many fields of
endeavor is undeniable. The statistics simply speak for themselves. Jews
make up less than half of one percent of the world's population but they
consistently have made up more than twenty percent of the Forbes 400 list of
the world richest people.
But it is not just making money that a disproportionate amount of Jews seems
to excel at. Thirty percent of Nobel Prize winners in science are Jewish,
and major Hollywood studios, like Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios,
are also run or owned by Jews. In virtually every industry successful Jews
are disproportionally represented.
Most non-Jews also know this. This was demonstrated to me during the summer
when while visiting more than a dozen major cities across the United States
I asked random people whether they thought that Jews were disproportionally
successful in business. The majority answered yes. I recorded their answers
on video which can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpjWK9BmYDs.
As a Jew, however, the fact that we seem to be taking more than our fair
share of success often makes us uneasy. We therefore try to downplay Jewish
success and we often consider those who talk about it as borderline
anti-Semites. But is this really fair? Facts are facts and the statistics
don't lie. When it comes to success and achievement we Jews do punch higher
than our weight. There is no way to deny this reality.
In fact in my opinion this is something we must embrace, analyze and
ultimately share with others. While some people think that Jewish success
has to do with genetics, and others surmise that it is related to our
intense persecution, it is my contention that Jewish success has to do with
Judaism itself. Inherent within Jewish religious teachings and Torah stories
are ideas that relate directly to behaviors and attitudes that lead directly
to successful outcomes.
"Jewish Wisdom for Business Success: Lesson from the Torah and Other Ancient
Texts" is a book I have written together my friend and business expert Sam
Jaffe. The book, published this month, relates stories and ideas that are
found within the Torah and then demonstrates how they relate directly to
successful business practices.
Divine blueprint for success
But what I found most amazing was that after the book was completed I found
that many of the most successful business advice books came to similar
conclusions as we did.
For example one of the main points made by Jim Collins in his bestseller
"From Good to Great" was that all leaders of the greatest companies in the
world are what he describes as Level Five Leaders. Remarkably our analysis
of Moses' leadership in the Torah reached the exact same conclusion.
Obviously all those who studied the Torah properly had learned how to be a
Level Five Leader thousands of years before the concept was "discovered" and
then coined by Jim Collins and his team of researchers.
Another example of this is Seth Godin's bestselling book "The Dip" where he
explains that early on in any endeavor or enterprise a person will
experience a dip where things become difficult and seem insurmountable. It
is in this dip phase that most people give up.
But winners, says Godin, love the dip and they lean into it because they
know that success lays waiting for them at the other end of it. Anyone who
has studied the story of the Splitting of the Sea in the Torah knows this
lesson intuitively and I outline it in my book. The list goes on with areas
such as negotiations, positive thinking, will power, the approach to failure
and reactions to fear. -the Torah has wisdom for all of it.
It is therefore little wonder that Jews who have studied the greatest book
of wisdom ever written-the Torah-are disproportionally successful in every
arena of endeavor. And even those who do not actively study the Torah still
benefit from its wisdom in the form of attitudes and teachings that Jewish
parents and communities teach and pass down, albeit mostly without being
aware that they originate from the Torah.
If this divine blueprint for success exists and it has helped us as Jews
become successful it is about time we both recognize where the wisdom comes
from and share it with others. With this in mind I wrote "Jewish Wisdom for
Business Success: Lessons from the Torah and Other Ancient Texts."
Rabbi Levi Brackman is executive director of Judaism in the Foothills , and
is the author of "Jewish Wisdom for Business Success"
Yosemite Sam
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> As a Jew, however, the fact that we seem to be taking more than our fair
> share of success often makes us uneasy.
How can anyone take more than their fair share of success?
I'll Always Be Here
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> Facts are facts and the statistics
> don't lie. When it comes to success and achievement we Jews do punch
> higher than our weight. There is no way to deny this reality.
>
And conversely, non-jews revel in their ineptness and incompetence. Isn't
that why they punch "lighter" than their weight? There is no way to deny this
reality.
I'll Always Be Here
> "Jewish Wisdom for Business Success: Lesson from the Torah and Other
> Ancient Texts" is a book I have written together my friend and business
> expert Sam Jaffe. The book, published this month, relates stories and
> ideas that are found within the Torah and then demonstrates how they
> relate directly to successful business practices.
So in other words, as this purports to be from Heinrich (poor heinie having
trouble with documentation and attribution), Heinie is admitting he is a
spammer.
Heinrich
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suggest you go baxck to bed
I'll Always Be Here
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suggest all you want, spammer
Heinrich
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Please list all the educational facilities that you attended so I can
avoid the education you are lacking
Heinrich
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stupid question. the educational system in your country differs a lot from
the one we have overhere.
I'll Always Be Here
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I should hope so. I wouldn't consider going to any educational system that
was modeled on the ones that failed you so badly.
Heinrich
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ora et labora