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  History of Money

  Introbooks Team

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  The history of money tells us of the development of the means through which transactions can be carried out with the help of a medium of exchange. From eons now, man has been exchanging goods for a certain price. This price came either in the form of other goods or money. The interesting journey of money from barter products to bitcoin and electronic money covers different ways in which societies and cultures perceived money. 
  There were a lot of things that were used as a medium of exchange before money made its appearance. These included livestock, vegetables, grains which were useful for the people. But then there were other things like cowrie shells and beads which were used for money solely because they were very attractive. Precious metals and stones were also used as a medium of exchange because of their usefulness and attractiveness. 
  In the modern world, money has gained a different aspect. It does not require an exchange of produce or commodities, instead, it relies on the exchange of currencies. Money is available today in different forms like currency notes, coins, credit cards, and electronic funds. 
  In as early as 350 BC, the Greek philosopher Aristotle spoke about the importance of an object for bartering it or selling it. The first official currency is said to be minted in 600 BC in Lydia which is modern day Western Turkey. But there has been evidence that money may have existed before this in various other cultures and cities. 
  Gradually, the idea of giving monetary value to a relatively insignificant object in order to use it as money became a popular idea. This gave rise to bank notes which are otherwise just a simple piece of paper with no value.

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  You Need a Budget: The Ultimate...

  Carissa Dalton

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  You Need a Budget: The Ultimate Guide to Budgeting and Financial Planning for Everyday People, Discover Proven Methods on How to Plan Your Finances to Achieve Your Financial GoalsWhen you want to get serious about your finances, it’s time to engage in financial planning and budgeting. Financial planning allows you to realize your goals and objectives by learning, organizing, and planning based on the reality of your current situation. You have to understand what is genuinely achievable and know the steps to make it happen to be successful with financial planning. Financial planning consists of the long-term planning of your finances, which includes all the money you receive and how you fund your life goals from now until your death and even after your death – including planning for your family members’ future and also by planning how your estate will be handled. This audiobook will teach you all the valuable information you need to know about financial planning. You will learn the importance of planning your finances to achieve success. You will get a step-by-step guide on how to properly plan your finances. This audiobook will discuss the following topics:- Steps to Planning Your Finances- Tools to Use for Financial Planning- Resources to Use for Financial Planning- Checklists, Templates, and Cheat Sheets You Can Use for Financial Planning- Professionals That Can Help- Why Some Plans Fail: What to Do When It Goes Wrong- And many more!The sooner you start planning your finances, the sooner you can reap the benefits of rewards, and who knows, you might even be able to retire early because of how well you planned your finances. If you want to learn more, scroll up and click “add to cart” now!

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  Summary of Colin Bryar and Bill...

  Falcon Press

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  Buy now to get the key takeaways from Colin Bryar and Bill Carr’s Working Backwards. 
    
  Sample Key Takeaways: 
  1) When Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, started his company, it was so small that he was able to be with his employees every step of the way. He was guiding them into following his leadership principles, monitoring every decision they had to make. 
  2) In 2004, when the company had grown far beyond its initial size, Robin Andrulevich from human resources began compiling a list of Amazon’s most important leadership principles. She interviewed the most valuable and successful leaders the company had, and ended up compiling 14 principles. 
   

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  The Great Workplace - How to...

  Michael Burchell, Jennifer Robin

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  For 20 years, the Great Place to Work Institute has  been producing annual ranking of the best companies to work for in  the US and in 38 countries around the world.  In the US,  the Institute produces the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work  For Annual List. In 2010, the list included among its  finalists: SAS, Google, REI, Scripps Health, Hoar Construction,  DreamWorks Animation, Zappos.com, Salesforce.com, Cisco, Marriott  Interntional, American Express, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft. Drawing on  the Institute's wide and deep body of knowledge acquired in  the process of producing this ranking, Institute senior  consultant Michael Burchell and research fellow Jennifer Robin  reveal that what separates the great from the good companies to  work for is the leader's ability to create Trust, Pride and  Camaraderie in their companies.   THE GREAT WORKPLACE explains the concept of a Great Place to  Work--defined as one in which employees trust the people they work  for, have pride in what they do, and enjoy the people they work  with--and demystifies the Institute's Great Place to Work  model, developed in 1984 and validated through its enduring  resonance in both the United States and in 40 countries around the  world. It also answers the fundamental question, "What is the  business value of creating a great workplace?" and brings the  definition of a Great Place to Work alive with anecdotes, best  practices, and quotes from employees working at the best workplaces  in the US (and ranked in the list).  Companies featured in the book include: General Mills, Google,  Gore, Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAS, Scripps Health,  Wegman's and S.C. Johnson.  As organizations grapple with the complexity and challenges of  leveraging human capital in today's hyper-competitive work  worldand as the Institute increases its presence across the  worldTHE GREAT WORKPLACE will be the "must read" source for  understanding the essential ingredients in and trends of great  places to work.

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  Book Marketing for Authors - Get...

  Terri Ann Leidich, Julie Bromley

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  The biggest challenge for authors is transitioning from being a writer to being an author, which are two totally different occupations. Many authors have the mindset that once they are published, their publisher handles all marketing and the sales come in like magic. In today's world, that is not reality, no matter how you are published. 
   
  Written by publisher and author, Terri Ann Leidich, and author marketing coach and support, Julie Bromley, this book simplifies marketing by taking the approach of Get Ready, Get Set, Succeed, putting marketing tasks into a logical order of what needs to be done and when so authors don't have to figure that out for themselves

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  Bootstrap Selling The Sandler...

  Bill Morrison

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  At some point, good salespeople learn the difference between simply "doing the job" . . . and accepting the personal responsibility to produce certain results. This book focuses on "Bootstrap Selling," which is all about becoming fully accountable for sales behaviors. You might have a large team around you, and you could have a great and supportive boss. Yet the difference between a self-starting, high-performance bootstrapping sales professional and an order-taker is that the bootstrapper knows personal commitment and acceptance of responsibility makes good things happen—and acts accordingly. Herein you will find nineteen career-changing lessons in Bootstrap Selling the Sandler Way.

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