Well as I mentioned in my previous post that I would update once I finished the book, here is my final thoughts.
This book provided me with a lot of ideas on how impactful a small business could be. Chris Guillebeau, the author, has changed my perspective towards business almost completely. I used to think that without a huge amount of money, I would never be able to run any kind of business; therefore, rarely had I thought about owning one. However, in this book, he repeatedly mentioned the possibilty and managed to inspire me to rethink.
Yes, you need a lot of money to run a business, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t run a small local business with just $100 or even less. You can also turn your passion into business with profit. More importantly, one must remember the purpose of running the business: if you don’t make money, you are not doing it right.
Don’t just follow your passion, think if it pays the bills and lets you live the life you want.
If you don’t know what to start with, think about what you help others. People are willing to pay you if you have them get things done. Use you skills.
And one last thing, in my previous post, I mentioned that most of the ideas in the book were all about western countries and America. Let me correct myself. At the end of the book, he actually mentioned some people he had met in Asia including Ridth, a tuk tuk driver, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
However, I still think that the book gives inspiration and acts a model that we all can learn from even if we decide not to fully follow what is mentioned. I also leave a link to the book in Amazon store in case you need it for yourselves.
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