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Aim high

1.1 Aim high

Ok, put the book down and go off and find a paperclip. That paperclip is the key to your future riches.

Great. Found one? Your instruction is to now trade that paperclip for a house. Reckon you can do it?

Kyle MacDonald of Vancouver did. It took him 14 trades over the period of one year but he got there. And managed to write a book, One Red Paperclip,1 about it as he went.

He traded:

  1.   1.The paperclip for a fish pen
  2.   2.The fish pen for a doorknob
  3.   3.A doorknob for a stove
  4.   4.A stove for a generator
  5.   5.A generator for an instant party
  6.   6.An instant party for a snowmobile
  7.   7.The snowmobile for a trip to Yahk, British Columbia
  8.   8.A trip to Yahk for a van
  9.   9.The van for a recording contract
  10. 10.The recording contract ...

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