One Red Paperclip is an inspiring story about a man with the courage and moxie to think outside the box. It is the most unlikely of stories and an example of how we can create and do amazing things with the right amount of know-how and determination. Let Kyle MacDonald inspire you to find your own one red paperclip. You just never know where it could lead . . .
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I looked down at the desk. It was a mess. Things strewn everywhere. A pen. A roll of tape. Way too many cables. A stapler. Computer speakers. My résumé and cover letter. An unmailed letter. A postcard. A banana peel. A framed picture of an eagle in flight. Various cereal bowls in various stages of not being washed. I looked back at the draft copy of my résumé and cover letter. Two sheets of paper. Two sheets of paper held together by a red paperclip.
All I had to do was go outside and trade with somebody. Surely somebody would have something bigger and better than one red paperclip. I was going to do it. Bigger and Better was going to get served.
I put the red paperclip on the desk and took a picture of it. I walked to the door and pulled the handle. The door swung open. I lifted my right foot into the air. As my right foot came forward to the threshold of the doorframe, the phone rang. My foot hung in the air, just short of the outside hallway. The phone rang again. I spun around slowly, almost in slow motion. I slowly slunk away from the door and lifted the phone from the receiver.
The computer monitor came to life and I got back to my résumé. Over the next few days I hammered out a respectable enough one and halfheartedly emailed it in response to a few job postings on some websites. I also took a picture of the red paperclip and emailed it to myself, as a reminder of something fun I could do once I had a job and a day off.
This might not surprise you, but this is a picture of a paperclip. It is red. This red paperclip is currently sitting on my desk next to my computer. I want to trade this paperclip with you for something bigger or better, maybe a pen, a spoon, or perhaps a boot. If you promise to make the trade I will come and visit you, wherever you are, to trade. So, if you have something bigger or better than a red paperclip, email me at biggerorbetter@gmail.com!
I clicked Publish, and made my intentions public. Sure, my if you post it, they will come tactic was pretty optimistic and lazy, but it was better than nothing. I was just trying to trade a silly little red paperclip for something bigger and better. We waited a few minutes, then refreshed my email. Nothing. We waited a few more. Nothing. I started to get antsy. I found the Craigslist sites for a few cities near and not so near Vancouver and Montreal and added a listing for the red paperclip to those. We waited a more few minutes and I clicked on Refresh. A number of offers were already in my email in-box!
Wow! The last time I checked in, you were at a generator, which I wasn't too impressed by. I mean, a paperclip for a generator is awesome, but I could foresee someone getting a generator for free anyway. But now you're up to a moving van! Holy frickin' crap! That is intense, and wicked cool, and kudos to you!
Typically, the end result will be something on the level of a toy car. But this time, MacDonald wanted to go further: He wanted to trade a paperclip all the way up to an entire house, no matter how long or how far away it would take him.
So, he put the paperclip on Craigslist to see if someone would trade for it, and days later, exchanged the object for a pen shaped like a fish. That same day, he traded the pen for a doorknob with a face on it.
Since acquiring the house in 2006, MacDonald has traded it (not sold, of course) to a restaurant owner, who has converted the house into the Paperclip Cottage Cafe, which to this day sells coffee and pastries to the 1,140 residents of Kipling. Next to the cafe lies a sign claiming the world record for trades, and in the center of town sits a giant, red paperclip.
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