123: From Crack Addict to CEO—Mike Lindell
The Patrick Coffin Show | Interviews with influencers | Commentary about culture | Tools for transformation
Patrick Coffin
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🗓️ 9 April 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Mike Lindell had a dream. Actually, he’s had a series of dreams, which have all come true. The founder and CEO of MyPillow.com—chances are good you’ve seen one of his infomercials—never dreamed (pardon the pun) that his longtime crack addiction would be a thing of the past.
Nor that he would be a major financial backer of a hit movie that was predicted to bite the box office dust.
And yet, Unplanned starring Ashley Bratcher doubled its predicted opening weekend take and continues to touch hearts and minds, thanks in part to Lindell’s vision for cultural change surrounding abortion. He is also generous in using his large platform to the cause near and dear to him: helping addicts get clean. His whole story is preposterous, if you think about it.
In this episode you will learn
- How this non-MBA small business owner and inventor escaped a life-threatening addiction to crack cocaine.
- Why Lindell is “all in” for President Donald Trump and how he (Lindell) knew Trump was not only going to be elected president, but would far surpass anyone’s expectations.
- Why he is using his business platform to help fellow suffering addicts.
- How he learned that Abby Johnson’s story was a thing in the first place.
- Anecdotes from the filming of Unplanned.
- Just how bad the opioid addiction crisis is, and how Mike Lindell is part of the solution.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode one twenty three of the Patrick Coffin show. |
| 0:03.4 | Welcome to the show you probably know if you haven't already |
| 0:06.5 | about the the success of the movie unplanned which crushed it at the box office in the opening weekend |
| 0:12.0 | you might not know the story behind |
| 0:13.5 | the story of one of the major executive producers and supporters in the |
| 0:17.4 | making of this film, Mike Lindel. He's right here on the Patrick Coffin show and |
| 0:21.2 | touching that dial is strictly prohibited. We'll be right back. |
| 0:25.6 | Warning, a following podcast contains ideas and arguments that might challenge your worldview. |
| 0:30.8 | This guy, Patrick Coffin, I've seen him write Pulp Fiction, about a deer hunter, catch him if you can. |
| 0:38.0 | Don't even think he wears a watch. |
| 0:41.0 | Well, true or false. Your time. Watch! smart commentary that doesn't sound like NPR with our annoying voices. |
| 0:54.0 | You're wondering where we're going and why we're in this handbasket. |
| 0:58.0 | If you answer true to any of these, you've come to the right place. |
| 1:02.0 | You're about to meet the innovators and influencers |
| 1:05.0 | who are restoring the Judeo-Christian foundations of our culture. |
| 1:09.0 | Right here on the Patrick Coffin Show. |
| 1:12.0 | And now, here's your host. here on the Patrick Coffin Show. |
| 1:12.8 | And now, here's your host, Patrick Coffin. |
| 1:17.0 | Mike Lindel is the founder of My Pillow and also the Lindell Foundation. |
| 1:25.0 | He is a philanthropist, former crack addict turned self-made multi-millionaire. |
| 1:29.4 | It just sounds like a movie unto itself. |
| 1:31.0 | Mike's, thanks so much for carving out time to be with us today. |
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