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Better Holidays: Gifts & Relationships Redux

Author
Ian Mikutel
Published
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Episode Link
https://www.bettershow.io/

In this episode Ian, Darren & March talk about how to have better holidays. We reflect on why holidays matter, our own personal experience with them, tips & tricks you can use, and experiments we're going to try and report back on.

Show Notes

  • 1:16 — The Better Show is growing like a weed: quick update on how many countries we have listeners in worldwide.
  • 2:44 — What is the most popular holiday in the world?
  • 4:30 — Why do holidays matter?
  • 6:41 — The Tail End insight about the time you spend with family
  • 12:11 — How to have better conversations during the holidays
  • 17:26 — Gift giving tips from Darren's wife Mardee
  • 22:35 — Ian's "Buy One, Get One" trick for gift buying
  • 24:07  — The Pajama Fairy story
  • 26:15 — Giving the gift of choice with a personalized gift catalog
  • 28:13 — How experiences can be some of the best gifts
  • 29:12  — Does Ian have a bad gift giving habit?
  • 33:49  — Maintaining routines during the holidays
  • 43:23  — The Averaging Effect on gift giving
  • 46:36  — The value of the surprise in gift giving
  • 50:22  — The power of batching when gift giving
  • 52:52  — Pinterest, Amazon Universal Wish List and more for inspiration and organization
  • 55:32  — Asking questions of people's personal experiences to build empathy and avoid conflict
  • 59:53  — Using your family history as a shared common background for family discussion
  • 1:04:53  — March will experiment writing Thank You notes for gratitude this holiday
  • 1:06:46  — Darren will experiment with small gifts, mostly experiences, and being more present this holiday season
  • 1:07:34  — Ian will experiment with sending hand-made holiday greeting cards to family & friends
  • 1:10:28  — Darren recommends Postagram for sending quick thank you cards

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