A Matter of Business

Shimmy  works in sales in a business in Manhattan. Recently they hired a new employee, Gershon, to be part of the sales team in the business. Gershon was from Lakewood and had been learning until now. He was new to the business world. After getting acquainted, Gershon asked Shimmy to help him navigate the waters in "sales". At first Shimmy was hesitant to teach Gershon all the "tricks of the trade", after all they were competitors. After thinking it through Shimmy said to himself. "Everything comes from Hashem. Helping Gershon will not diminish my sales. Hashem decides how much money I'm going to make."

Shimmy approached Gershon and taught him everything he knew about being in sales. He taught him all his  tricks that he had spent years developing. Whenever Gershon had any questions he would approach Shimmy.

Two weeks later Shimmy was summoned to his boss's office. "Shimmy, I just want to let you know that you have been doing a superb job and we are promoting you to become head of sales!"