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The Monfried Redemption
Did you ever see The Shawshank Redemtion? If not, go add it to your Netflix queue asap.
Anyway, Tim Robbins' character writes a letter every week to the state legislature asking them for more books for the prison he's in. He never gets a reply. But he keeps sending them. Every week, week after week. Eventually, he gets his reply.
I was reminded of that when I read this incredibly inspiring post by Andy Monfried who obtained redemption in the same way. Give it a read. It will lift you up this morning in case your morning cup of coffee didn't do the trick.
Comments (4) | Posted February 15, 2007 in Venture Capital and Technology
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Agreed, The Shawshank Redemption is an excellent movie.
With regards to Netflix, I much prefer Blockbuster online. When you receive a movie in the mail, after you are done watching it, you can either mail it back postage paid, OR you can take it into any Blockbuster store and get a movie from the store for FREE to watch while you wait for your next movie in your queue to be shipped, unlike Netflix.
Posted by: TheBillfold | Feb 15, 2007 10:29:41 AM
Fred -
Great post. I know for myself and a lot of my friends, the most motivating things we can hear sometimes are, "you can't do that," "it's impossible," "give it up" --
far from bringing entrepreneurs down I think that inspires people to do more! Andy did an amazing job and wrote a great post!
Posted by: AlFromChicago | Feb 15, 2007 10:40:27 AM
Excellent post! I have been in sales over 20 years, and know exactly where he is coming from. I have done what Andy did over and over again in many different organizations - and the results are amazing. Isn't interesting when you treat people -not only your customers but the people who work with you- with respect they step up to the plate and help you. Not rocket science...
Posted by: beth | Feb 16, 2007 10:08:26 AM
Wow, what a great read. Thought it was far more inspirational than Shawshank, simply because it was a real situation.
Posted by: lucabratsie | Feb 16, 2007 11:43:22 PM
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