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The $100 Startup …Chris Guillebeau (Pan Macmillan Publishers)                 Most of us think we do not have it in us to start & run a successful business for one or more of the following  reasons :         1) It involves big bucks         2)   I do not have an MBA         3) I do not have special skills         4) I don’t have a 80-page business plan         5) I need to run a big office in the center of the town Chris Guillebeau , a serial entrepreneur himself, offers an alternative concept called Microbusiness through his book “The $100 Startup”.Chris explains through various real-life examples who are pursuing their passion through their Microbusiness. He starts with definition of a microbusinesss:  1) It is based on the hobby or activity that a person is enthusiastic about  2) Start-up cost < $1000  3) Yearly net income of at least $50K  4) No special skills ( something you do that  your grandmother can understand! )  5) Fewer than five employees

Hello All !!! Wish you a very happy new year !                   Looking back at 2012, The one thing that stood out for me was the realization of the importance of forming Habits. We are all what we think and more importantly ,what we do. The more we do the same thing ,it becomes an Habit. Before you think of this as a Moral Science lecture, let me do a deep dive using the example of International obsession    ahead of every New Year, the New Year Resolutions…                   Before 2012, Most of my new year resolutions did not    get past the first few weeks of the New Year. Most of my resolutions were like 1.          Doing half-an hour of exercise every day 2.          Writing a blog post each day 3.          Spending Quantity time with the family everyday 4.          Become debt-free by 2016 And so forth….The problem with my resolutions were not with the purpose, but with the way they were defined and their hard-focus on the timeline. Most of my new year res