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Video: "Gift Appropriately"
🕑 Added 2019-06-27 12:00:02 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive! In this "Maximal" episode, Joshua and Ryan talk about birthday gifts, gifting experiences, their favorite consumables to give as gifts, and when it’s appropriate to give physical gifts, and they answer the following questions:
How do I politely let guests of my child’s birthday party know we don’t want gifts? (1:01:55)
How do I appropriately show appreciation to a gift-giver for their generous gesture yet tactfully decline their gift? (1:03:29)
How do I appropriately get rid of gift cards to avoid the temptation to acquire more stuff I don’t need? (1:08:50)
How do I address a loved one’s disappointment when I share the gift of an experience with them, but they expected a physical gift? (1:12:14)
How do I preemptively address gift recipients’ expectations since I typically gift non-physical gifts at events where physical gifts are customary? (1:16:25)
LINKS
Article: Fifty of the Best Experience Gifts
Essay: The Minimalists’ Favorite Coffee
Explore: Bridge to Nowhere
Explore: CardCash
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Instagram: Jessica Williams
Podcast: Rob Bell
Podcast: Rachel Cruze
Podcast: Nate Green
Podcast: Sam Harris
Watch: Crashing
Watch: Pete Buttigieg on Political Honesty
Watch: Who Is Pete Buttigieg?
Website: Leo Babauta
Website: Jordan Moore
MAXIMS
“Celebrate while you can because everything ends.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“We don’t have to wait for birthdays to celebrate the lives of the people we love.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Battering people with your beliefs won’t endear them to your beliefs.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Let them know what your expectations are, and let them know what your expectations aren’t.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 186.
