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CNLP 453 | John Ruhlin on Why Almost Every Leader Gives the Wrong Gifts To Clients and Colleagues, How to Give Great Gifts and How to Give Gifts that Open Doors Even on a Tiny Budget

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

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The Challenge of Giving a Gift

A gift, by its very nature, is recipient focused. 99% of the time they have the logo of the sending organization on them. We're trying to turn that other person into a bill board for us. That's not a gift. And the other person, especially when you're dealing with affluent people, like nobody in america, really in western society, needs more crab. They don't need more stuff. So i think people haven't put strategy in place with their swag. It's better to be really thoughtful and say, hey, these i might have ten thousand relationships, but these are the thousand that i really want to influence. Go all in on a smaller number

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