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The Unexpected Gift
- Andrew Bustamante tells a story about an audio engineer, John, who gave his hat and gloves to a medicine man.
- The medicine man later gifted John a hand-carved obsidian spearhead in return.
Three Rules of Gift-Giving
- Make gifts unexpected, relevant, and small to maximize impact.
- Unexpected gifts hold more significance than expected ones.
The Cherries
- Andrew Bustamante gifted his then-friend, now-wife, Jee He, a bag of cherries during cherry season.
- Years later, she still remembers this small, unexpected gift.