PIONEERS, ENTREPRENEURS AND TZ’DAKIM As a Jew, Jesus understood the mantle of God’s people. From boyhood, His spiritual awareness and mastery of Scripture touched the depths of the heart of God and role of the game-changers in the course of Jewish history. In our discussion of Jewish business secrets, God’s people have been distinctive. As […]
WHERE SECRETS COLLIDE Moses indicated that it is the secret things that belong to the Lord, but those that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever. What Moses was referring to taps the foundations, the gateways that bridge the seen world with the unseen world. In our discussion of Jewish business secrets […]
THINKING LIKE JEWS Our exploration of Jewish business secrets has observed that Jews think differently than most of their worldly counterparts. This different way that Jews have of thinking is reinforced from one generation to another, within Jewish culture. Creativity is at the core of the way Jews think. God indeed is the Creator. God’s…...
OPPORTUNITY IN CHANGE Crisis is a time when change overwhelms and is out of control. When the pace of change is accelerating, it cannot be ignored. It is time to prepare. We’ve been taking a closer look at Jewish business secrets. We’ve learned that among the secrets tied to disproportionate Jewish achievement is a systematically […]
MOBILIZED COMMUNITY In our discussion of Jewish business secrets, community represents both the core and the catalyst of the secrets of Jewish culture. It is within community that vital actuators are found tied to why the Jewish people are disproportionate achievers. Community has been given as a gift. It is a safe place. Community builds […]
ENDURING ECONOMICS: VIETNAM The practical keys to build economies, long-term, can be a mystery. The advice of experts holds diversities of approaches with too often, only short-term fixes. What works for some, may not be the answer for others. There is a need to close the gap on what endures. As Vietnam continues to evolve […]
THE BLESSING UNDEFILED “Till the Spirit is poured out from on high and the desert becomes a fertile field and the fertile field seems like a forest, justice will dwell in the desert and righteousness live in the fertile field. The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and […]
In this session we’re going to review the Jewish strategy that unlocks destiny. This is a strategy that develops both businesses and the community. It is the simple things that confound the wise. It is the narrow path of the corridor connecting the seen world and the unseen world. One of the means of harnessing these elements of community has involved a strategy that Jews have employed for hundreds of years. Whenever ten Jews live within walking distance of one another, they form a minyan. The minyan serves two primary purposes. First is to pray and seek God. Second is to help each other become more successful. It represents the foundation in establishing a community.
It has been as they have operated together in community that the most significant strategies have influenced not just the communities around them but the civilizations of which they have been a part. It has been the employment of the model operated by Abraham that combines the spiritual, the economic and community working together that they has achieved accomplishments outperforming in impact most other peoples of the earth. One of the most basic of these strategies, designed to build community from within, is also foundational to the impact they have made on history. It is designed to build community builders.
Disproportionate success includes hard work and wisdom. It involves this different way of thinking that employs vision, imagination and strategy. Creative thinking fosters innovative strategies. In all this will be an eye on the community and an eye on posterity. Over time, with wise counsel, this process will mature. There will come a recognition of the changes in seasons. Anticipating change will be vital to recognizing and maximizing opportunity. Timing as such can pave the way for the future. It is why bottom-up birthed organizations tend to endure longer than fast-track operations.
