Why does wisdom determine how much money you earn?

Jews are a people who love wisdom, and Jewish businessmen are also very good at winning with wisdom. However, the word wisdom is also a vague concept, with a huge scope and unclear definition. There may be different opinions on what wisdom is, so what is wisdom in the eyes of Jewish businessmen?

Jews have a joke about the relationship between wisdom and wealth.

Two rabbis are talking:

"Which is more important, wisdom or money?"

"Of course, wisdom is more important."

"In that case, why do smart people do things for the rich? The rich don't work for the wise? Everyone sees that scholars and philosophers always try their best to please the rich, while the rich are crazy about the wise? "

"It's very simple. Smart people know the value of money, but rich people don't understand the importance of wisdom. "

Rabbis are rabbis and "teachers" in all aspects of Jewish life, and are usually regarded as synonyms for wise men. So, the joke is actually: "A wise man speaks wisdom."

The rabbi's statement cannot be said to be unreasonable. Knowing the value of money will help the rich, but not knowing the value of wisdom will show madness in front of the wise. But where is the obvious teasing meaning of jokes? It is embodied in this inherent paradox: since smart people know the value of money, why can't they get it with their own wisdom? Knowing the value of money, but only working for the rich and getting a little reward with the taste of "eating food", what is the use of such wisdom, and what kind of wisdom can it be called?

The coexistence and unity of wisdom and money makes Jewish businessmen the smartest businessmen and makes Jewish business a wise business. Jewish business is to make people smarter and smarter in the process of doing business, not a lost business!

Jewish businessmen emphasize winning by intelligence when making money.

Jews believe that wisdom is more important than money, because wisdom can make money.

Based on this concept, in the eyes of Jews, even a very knowledgeable scholar or philosopher, if he can't earn money and is poor, then the wisdom of scholars is only dead wisdom and false wisdom. A truly wise man is a man with both knowledge and money, so Jews seldom praise a well-read man with a walled house.

There is such a story:

Gary, a poor Jewish parish, wrote a letter to a wealthy coal merchant in Lunberg, asking him to give some cars to the charity purpose of the coal parish.

The businessman wrote back and said, "We won't give you anything for nothing. But we can sell you 50 wagons of coal at half price. "

The parish agreed to ask for 25 cars of coal first. Three months after delivery, they neither paid nor bought again.

Soon, the coal merchant sent a strongly worded dunning letter. A few days later, he received a reply from Galicen parish:

"... we can't understand your reminder. You promised to sell us 50 wagons of coal at half price, and 25 wagons of coal is exactly equal to the price you subtracted. We want this 25 wagons of coal, not that 25 wagons of coal. "

The coal merchant was furious, but he was helpless. While shouting that he was cheated, he had to admire the cleverness of the Jews in Galicen parish.

In this story, the Jews in Galison parish did not play hooligans or cheat. They just took advantage of the uncertainty of this verbal agreement and sat at home waiting for someone to "send" 25 wagons of coal. This is the way Jews make money.

Jews love money, but they never hide their love for it. Therefore, while accusing him of being greedy for money, the world was deeply impressed by the wisdom of Jews in the face of money. As long as it is considered a feasible way to make money, Jews must make money, and it is natural and reasonable to make money. This is the superb wisdom of the Jews in business.