The Science of Better Gift Giving
Motley Fool Answers
The Motley Fool
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2016
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Impress your friends and family and make Santa jealous! We’ll cover five scientifically-proven ways to become the best gift giver on the block. Also, we answer a listener question about how to present a gift of stock and we ask a bajillion favors of you, our listeners.
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| 0:14.2 | This is Motley Fool Answers, and I'm Alison Southwick. I'm joined as always by Robert Brokamp, personal finance expert here at the Motley Fool. |
| 0:24.6 | Hello, bro! |
| 0:25.6 | Happy holidays, Alison. |
| 0:26.6 | Happy holidays to you too. |
| 0:27.6 | Well, thank you. |
| 0:28.6 | Have you already tackled some people on your shopping list? |
| 0:32.6 | Holiday shopping list? |
| 0:33.6 | Well, no, not tackled literally. |
| 0:34.6 | I bought some of their presents. |
| 0:35.6 | Yes. |
| 0:36.6 | Yes. Yes. Yes. I have. And I do have a note of all the other things I am considering. Well, I am going to help you be an even better gift giver. So the people... That's why I was waiting. The people who are lower on your list are going to thank me. Because today we're going to talk about five scientifically proven ways to be a better gift giver. |
| 0:54.2 | And then we're also going to talk about how to give the gift of stock. |
| 0:57.5 | All that and more on this week's episode of Motley Fool Answers. |
| 1:01.3 | It's time for Answers! |
| 1:02.7 | And today's question comes from Anne from California. |
| 1:05.6 | She writes, I have two sons who have introduced me to the Motley Fool. |
| 1:08.9 | Yay! |
| 1:10.8 | They seem to have everything |
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