Here's the Scoop

When he was 10 years old, Matt Eastman was reading an issue of Boy's Life magazine when he saw an intriguing promotion.

It called for its young readers to sell Christmas cards — not the easiest task in July in Michigan. But Eastman took it as a challenge.

Eastman approached potential customers, showed them an image on a card and asked them, “If you look at this wintery scene on the card, doesn't it cool you off?” He sold enough Christmas cards to buy himself not one, but two radios.