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Meaningful Gifts Strengthening Relationships Through Thoughtfulness

Name: Meaningful Gifts Strengthening Relationships Through Thoughtfulness
Uploaded: 2024-12-06T09:30:01+00:00
Duration: 1 min 10 s
Channel: Tina Corner Stolz
Description: In this talk, the speaker emphasizes that gifting should serve to enhance and affirm important relationships. A thoughtful gift signals appreciation and…

6 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this talk, the speaker emphasizes that gifting should serve to enhance and affirm important relationships. A thoughtful gift signals appreciation and a desire for continued growth, whereas a poorly chosen or "lame" gift conveys that the giver is merely going through the motions, potentially damaging the relationship. The speaker advises that if one cannot invest the time and care needed to select a meaningful gift, the better choice is to forgo gifting altogether. By contrasting positive impressions from well‑chosen gifts with negative reactions to thoughtless ones, the speaker underscores the strategic role of gifting in both personal and business contexts.

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And also elevates the relationship. That's kind of the point behind it, right, is the relationship. So I want to enhance the relationship. I want to enhance it because— and then also, what does enhance mean? I want to enhance it because it's an important relationship to me, and I want them to know how much I appreciate our relationship and that I'm looking forward to the continuing growth of the relationship, etc. So if you give a lame gift, it basically can send a message of, you know, you're just going through the motions and that isn't what you want to do. So if you do not take the time or want to or have it to do gifting correctly, maybe your best bet is not to do it at all. Okay. Because we can all think about gifts that we've received from a business standpoint and the ones that make a really good impression upon us and the other ones that are like, you know what, they just wasted their money and this is ridiculous. That they even did this gift. It was— it's just like I mentioned, it's like they're going through the motion. So never leaves me with a positive impression. You want to make sure that you have a positive impression.