The Power Of Connection How Beyond Currency Teaches Us To Value People Over Profits

Beyond Currency: The Value Of Human Connections is a book by spiritual Guru Sasi Krishnasamy that explores the importance of human relationships in a world that often measures success by money. The book challenges the conventional wisdom that money is the ultimate source of happiness and satisfaction, and instead argues that the true value of life lies in the quality and depth of our connections with others. The book draws on examples from Indian culture, where the concept of paisa vasool (value for money) is not only about getting the most out of what we pay for, but also about finding extra value in every interaction, whether it is with a friend, a stranger, or a vendor. The book also examines the role of money in society, and how it can be used as a medium of relationship, rather than a tool of exploitation. The book aims to inspire readers to reflect on what truly matters to them, and to seek a world where value extends beyond currencyIn a world that frequently equates success and importance with financial wealth, it's essential to reflect on what truly matters. While money is undoubtedly significant for our daily needs and desires, it is not the sole barometer of a fulfilling life. In this essay, we explore the second most important thing after money in the world, which many would argue is the richness of human connections.

The formula is simple: take a passion--something you love to do, something you're good at, something you already have expertise and interest in--and use it as the basis of a way to generate income. This Passion Profit strategy could be your "plan Bquot; during an economic downturn (or pandemic)! Yes, you CAN make money doing what you love. Steps: 1. Find your purpose. 2. Discover your passion. 3. Create a product. 4. Market it for profit. (338 pages; 7" x 10"; ISBN:978-0974531328) Read more at www.passionprofit.com Read more at : https://www.waltgoodridge.com/books/

Turn Knowledge to Profit: The Six Secrets of Successful Speakers, Coaches and Authors brings together the insights of more than 30 successful entrepreneurs, providing the reader with knowledge and ideas they can immediately apply to their business. The publishing authors produce and host a weekly podcast, Turn Knowledge to Profit, available on the eWN Podcast Network. Through their podcast, they have interviewed more than 100 entrepreneurs who have created success in their business and personal lives. While each podcast guest has a unique perspective on what it takes to be successful, there are six insights, or “secrets,” that the authors heard far more than any others. This book presents these six secrets, providing examples, quotes and graphics to fully describe and discuss each one. But this book goes further. For each insight, the perspectives of 4-5 successful entrepreneurs extend the discussions by providing their experiences discovering and applying each insight to create their own business and personal success.

This book provides a critique of the neoclassical explanations of the 2008 financial collapse, of the ensuing long recession and of the neoliberal austerity responses to it. The study argues that while the prevailing views of deregulation and financialization as instrumental culprits in the explosion and implosion of the financial bubble are not false, they fail to point out that financialization is essentially an indication of an advanced stage of capitalist development. These standard explanations tend to ignore the systemic dynamics of the accumulation of finance capital, the inherent limits to that accumulation, production and division of economic surplus, class relations, and the balance of social forces that mold economic policy. Instead of simply blaming the ‘irrational behavior’ of market players, as neoliberals do, or lax public supervision, as Keynesians do, this book focuses on the core dynamics of capitalist development that not only created the financial bubble, but also fostered the ‘irrational behavior’ of market players and subverted public policy. Due to its interdisciplinary perspective, this book will be of interest to students and researchers in economics, finance, politics and sociology.

Do you know how banking and money will look like in the new digital age? This book collects the voices of leading scholars, entrepreneurs, policy makers and consultants who, through their expertise and keen analytical skills, are best positioned to picture from various angles the ongoing technological revolution in banking and finance. You will learn how lending and borrowing can exist without banks; how new forms of money can compete to better serve different society needs; how new technologies are banking the unbanked communities in the poorest parts of the world, and how ideas and small projects can be financed by the crowds without the need to rely upon banks. You will learn how, in the new digital age, we will interact with new self-organised and autonomous companies that operate without any human involvement, based on a set of programmed and incorruptible rules. You will learn that new business models will emerge thanks to technology-enabled platforms, upon which one can build new forms of non-hierarchical cooperation between strangers. And you will also learn that new forms of risks and threats are emerging that will destabilise our systems and jeopardise the stability of our financial order.

Making Strategic Plans Work introduces an innovative and creative approach to understanding the theory and practice of strategic planning. Based on proverbs and folktales, the book provides detailed analyses of the stages of the strategic planning process - preparation, formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It also discusses the roles and responsibilities of the key players in the process - boards, management, donors, consultants and communities and how to build their capacity for more effectiveness. It equally provides at each stage templates for assessing the effectiveness of the strategic planning process as well as the key players. The book is unique in that it uses the wisdom contained in African proverbs and folktales to discuss the stages of the strategic planning process, and roles and responsibilities of players in the process. Being metaphors, proverbs and folktales often bring out more lucidly the meanings embodied in the normally arcane language of strategic planning. Proverbs and folktales also create strong mental pictures, which are often very effective in impressing ideas upon people's minds, communicating them at a deeper level, and motivating them to action. The book is based on research, tested use of the proverbs and folktales in strategic planning practice in different contexts in combination with the author's experience as a professional organization development (OD) consultant. It will be especially useful to students, teachers, executives, board members and all players in international development, community development, organizational development, international businesses and African Studies. Volunteers and expatriates working Africa and other developing regions will equally find the book useful as it provides insight into the culture and mode of thinking of the people they work with.