Quick Cut: S2E359 The Gift of Giving
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
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The Christmas season is all about giving to others, but the spirit of giving shouldn’t just be for the holidays - it should be for life! In this episode, Brian explains why the principle of giving is so important year-round and shares his top tips for doing it the right way.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· How to find joy in giving.
· How to give of yourself.
· How to give of your natural gifts and abilities.
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NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Nothing in my life brings me more joy than giving.” – Brian Buffini
“The joy is in the giving itself. The goal is to be a blessing to others.” – Brian Buffini
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
“It's not always the size of the gift that matters, but the size of the heart that gives it.” – Brian Buffini
“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” – Maya Angelou
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life with Brian Bafini, founder of America's largest business coaching company. |
| 0:10.4 | Here's a short classic cut from one of our all-time favorite episodes. |
| 0:17.2 | Well, the top of the morning to you and happy Christmas and happy holidays. |
| 0:21.9 | Got a short little message for you today. |
| 0:24.4 | More of a gift of encouragement during the holiday season than anything else. |
| 0:28.6 | I certainly hope you get to spend some time with some loved ones, |
| 0:31.6 | shares some good food, some good times, and maybe even exchange some gifts. |
| 0:39.8 | That's what this episode is about. |
| 0:40.9 | It's the gift of giving. |
| 0:42.7 | And it is a gift. |
| 0:48.3 | And gift, by definition, is something given willingly to another without payment. |
| 0:50.4 | So something we do willingly. |
| 0:52.9 | This is the season for a lot of gift given, and it's easy to get caught up in the |
| 0:54.6 | merchandise and the sales, and we know the commercialization of the holidays and all |
| 0:59.8 | and we all complain about it, but then we participate in it. But I think the real thing is, |
| 1:04.3 | is what is the spirit of it all? You know, in the Christian celebration of Christmas, |
| 1:09.1 | people recreate the birth of Christ with what's called |
| 1:11.3 | a nativity scene, right? And these have been around for a long, long time. I have a beautiful one at |
| 1:15.7 | home that I actually got in Bethlehem. I was in Israel and I was doing a speaking tour and it was |
| 1:22.7 | there for eight days. And it was a three-day negotiation. I'd pop in on this little store outside of Bethlehem, |
| 1:29.5 | and I would go in and have a little negotiation, little negotiation. I ended up getting this |
| 1:33.5 | beautiful hand-carved olive wood nativity scene, which I've had for 20 years now, and I take it out |
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