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Issue 08 – Bar Soap

Unbox Inbox • 852 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients Design Gifts History
  1. Bar soap can be a fun and thoughtful gift for people who appreciate design and aesthetics.
  2. Bar soap packaging can offer creative ways to engage customers with typography and design.
  3. Bar soap comes in a wide range of shapes, colors, and scents, making it a versatile and creative product to explore.
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Find someone who is a catalyst for your power: (Working with Your Gift #3)

Meaning-Making • 117 implied HN points • 20 Mar 23
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Gifts Relationships Support Feedback Mentorship
  1. Finding a catalyst can enhance and amplify your gifts, making you more powerful.
  2. Different types of catalysts include mutually strengthening relationships, friendly competition, cheerleader-type support, and honest feedback from a peer group.
  3. Embrace the catalysts in your life to unlock your full potential and amplify your latent power.

On Gifts

findingbetter • 39 implied HN points • 03 Jul 23
🎭️ Culture Gifts Relationships Social norms Emotions
  1. Gift-giving is both meaningful and stressful because it recognizes relationships but can easily go wrong.
  2. Each gift tells a story with different elements like the occasion, giver, recipient, and audience involved.
  3. There are important considerations when giving gifts, such as understanding the recipient's expectations and balancing satisfaction for all involved.

Gift giving

Hazy Bridge • 0 implied HN points • 11 Jul 23
🎭️ Culture Gifts Consumerism Alternatives
  1. Disposable trinkets and souvenirs as gifts are often cheap, meaningless, and environmentally harmful.
  2. Consider alternative gift ideas like experiences, personalized gifts, subscriptions, or charitable donations.
  3. For acquaintances, opt for neutral gifts like gift cards, consumable treats, office supplies, home decor, or books.

Reading and the Demand for Books

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 07 Sep 16
📚 Literature Books Publishing Reading Authors Gifts
  1. Books are often purchased as gifts, adding to the display collection, rather than just to be read.
  2. Large physical bookstores are increasingly turning into gift stores, emphasizing the importance of books as gifts.
  3. Understanding the relationship between eBook prices and physical book sales as gifts is crucial for big publishers to succeed in the market.

Adult Colouring Books Remind us that Innovation lies outside economics

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 31 May 16
🎭️ Culture Innovation Economics Art Books Gifts
  1. Innovation often happens unexpectedly and cannot always be fully planned or anticipated.
  2. Economists face challenges when trying to rationalize innovation within traditional decision-making frameworks.
  3. Adult coloring books serve as an example of innovation lying outside traditional economic reasoning, succeeding despite initial doubts.