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Jason Hartman interviews Kyle MacDonald, author of One Red Paperclip, about Kyle\u2019s amazing bartering journey from one red paperclip to eventually a movie role opportunity to a house in Saskatchewan, where the biggest housewarming party ever was held.

The idea began with a childhood game of Bigger and Better. Kyle\u2019s opinion is that anything in life is only worth what someone is willing to give for it. Things are worth different amounts to different people, and that worth may surprise you! Kyle MacDonald grew up in Belcarra, near Vancouver.

He\u2019s really into projects, usually fun things that take on an obsessive element to some degree. Most noteworthy of these projects was the time he started with a red paperclip and traded it for bigger and better things until he wound up with a house. It was a silly idea and turned out to be a big deal. So big that the red paperclip has become his de-facto symbol and he\u2019s somewhat known as the \u201cred paperclip guy.\u201d

To Kyle, a \u2018red paperclip\u2019 is more of a symbolic thing, an idea that you\u2019re ready to launch. A new project about to happen. That spark of insight or inspiration. The most important thing about an idea is to do something with it. Today, Kyle lives in Montreal with his wife and does speaking engagement, photography, art projects, and \u201cWho are These Guys?\u201d to name a few of the projects he has embarked on.