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Recap: My second trade

I traded the matchstick for an ordinary green ballpoint pen. And then what did I trade that pen for? And with who? This trade also highlighted a strategy I adopted going forward, of getting offers on my offers for my current item. @telanasimpson What would you swap a green #pen for? I chose a #frog as my second #onematchstick trade. & my #strategy ♬ original sound – Telana Simpson | Courage Coach Here is how Megan described her offer (original on…

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Recap: My first trade

Remember I got 5 offers for my matchstick? I decided and made my first trade on the 15th June 2006. Below is my recap video with Nikki Viljoen, about my first trade: I swopped the single matchstick for an ordinary green ballpoint pen. Why Nikki? Why the green pen? Where is that orginial matchstick today? Listen to Nikki telling us the story of my first trade here:

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Recap:My first offers for my first trade

Yesterday I shared why I chose a matchstick, and how it all started. Today: Let’s recap about the 5 offers I got for my 1 matchstick. Which one would you have chosen? (Here is the list of offers made on my old onematchstick blog.) @telanasimpson I got 5 offers for my 1 matchstick. Which one should I have chosen? #tradingup #onematchstick #retelling ♬ original sound – Telana Simpson | Courage Coach Or watch here in Facebook, or here on Instagram.…

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Recap: Where it all started

Let’s begin the recap of onematchstick, and do so by starting at the start. It was all the way back in 2006, on a Sunday, the 11th June, that I wrote my first ever blogpost. What inspired me? Why did I choose a matchstick? What was my goal then? Here’s the story, and the original blogpost. @telanasimpson Recap: how I started #onematchstick on 11 June 2006 #trading #tradingup #retelling ♬ original sound – Telana Simpson | Courage Coach

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The latest ‘matchstick conundrum

In June 2006 I started with a single matchstick and now, eleven trades later, I have a Mobile Lifestyle Makeover to trade on…  I set out with this moonlighting project to get office space, to share with start-ups and run my coaching practice from. Now with COVID, the need for offices has changed.  So much has actually changed since I started in 2006. Just as COVID hit us, over a year ago, I had just got some blocks out the…

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