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How to Select Christmas Presents For Your Loved Ones

With Christmas barely a few weeks away, many of us are still in a dilemma about the presents we need to buy for all our loved ones. Christmas is a joyous occasion which everyone awaits with anxiety. Christmas is a time when giving truly turns joyous as it brings in the cheer in every one’s hearts. To really see your loved ones face brighten up with joy, it’s important you select Christmas presents that he/she will cherish and appreciate. Christmas presents for your loved ones should be chosen with care.

Make a list of all people to whom you plan to make gifts. Doing this well in advance will leave you stress free especially as Christmas nears. Check your bank balance and plan a budget for all your shopping. Budgeting is useful so you don’t overspend. Use discretion and find out what the needs of your loved ones are. This will help you pick presents they want. Take into account all their interests and shop around for Christmas presents that are unique and inexpensive. Bargains and discounts are aplenty and all you need to do is a good research and some careful shopping. If you plan early you can pick up something worthwhile.

You can pick up Christmas presents for your loved ones from the internet. Technology has brought home shopping right to your fingertips. You have access to thousands of products along with their description and prices on your monitor. There are exclusive products available only for internet users. Compare prices and check for discounts. Everyone is going to love your presents this Christmas. Check your bank balance and plan a budget for all your shopping. Budgeting is useful so you don’t overspend. Use discretion and find out what the needs of your loved ones are. This will help you pick presents they want. Take into account all their interests and shop around for Christmas presents that are unique and inexpensive. Bargains and discounts are aplenty and all you need to do is a good research and some careful shopping. If you plan early you can pick up something worthwhile.

Check your bank balance and plan a budget for all your shopping. Budgeting is useful so you don’t overspend. Use discretion and find out what the needs of your loved ones are. This will help you pick presents they want. Take into account all their interests and shop around for Christmas presents that are unique and inexpensive. Bargains and discounts are aplenty and all you need to do is a good research and some careful shopping. If you plan early you can pick up something worthwhile. Take into account all their interests and shop around for Christmas presents that are unique and inexpensive. Bargains and discounts are aplenty and all you need to do is a good research and some careful shopping. If you plan early you can pick up something worthwhile.

This will help you pick presents they want. Take into account all their interests and shop around for Christmas presents that are unique and inexpensive. Bargains and discounts are aplenty and all you need to do is a good research and some careful shopping. If you plan early you can pick up something worthwhile. Take into account all their interests and shop around for Christmas presents that are unique and inexpensive.

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Christmas Sermon Outlines – More Than Presents

For the longest time most of our Christmas Sermon Outlines have revolved around the fact that Christmas is not about presents. It is not about the things we buy or the things we get but it is about the fact that God sent His son to earth to die for our sins. But I am hearing this them less and less over the past few years.

I imagine a lot of this is because, like most teachers and preachers, we assume that people have just gotten it. We have taught it once or maybe twice and that should be enough. We should not have to repeat ourselves in anymore Christmas Sermon Outlines because we have spoken and that is enough. This is a mistake many teachers and preachers take. I have been there and still fall into that trap from time to time. But if we look around us as Christmas approaches we can see the message is not getting across. It seems like the Christmas marketing and Christmas shopping is starting earlier and earlier every year. Obviously the vast majority of people are missing the point.

You need to put the fact that Christmas is not about stuff, be it giving or getting stuff. As you prepare your Christmas Sermon Outlines you need to reming them about the true meaning of Christmas. You need to continually remind them until people begin to actually live differently.

I am reminded of an old illustration where a preacher preached the same thing two weeks in a row. Of course people thought that he must have just forgotten and decided to inform him of what they saw as an oversight. He informed though that he was fully aware of what he had done. He had preached the same thing again because no one was living differently so they must have not heard him the first time.

We need to have this same mindset. Even if people get frustrated because you preach the same thing again point out that no one appears to be understanding since their lives do not seem to be changing. It may end up being the most powerful lesson you ever teach.

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Negotiation Tip of the Week – “The Value of Reading Body Language To Gain Influence in Negotiations”

“The value of reading body language is like possessing the keys of influence to unlock someone’s mind, by gaining unguarded access to their hidden thoughts.” -The Master Negotiator & Body Language Expert

You can gain the value of influence in negotiations by reading body language accurately.

Momma told me not to run. Don’t move too quickly! You might miss something right in front of you. No, that’s not an oxymoron. Such were the wise words then and now related to the value of reading body language to gain insight and influence in negotiations.

Take the following insight I gained from my mother on just that topic.

I recall a time when I was 17; I’d saved my money to buy an advertised car I saw at a dealership. My mother and I went to the dealership only to find out that the car had just been sold. The salesperson said ‘not to worry’, as he showed us another car; it cost slightly more than the original car that was advertised.

My mother attempted to get a lower price for the car, but the salesperson only budged a little and wouldn’t go any lower after that. He said that was his best price. After sparring in several negotiation sessions after that, my mother got up to leave; I was dejected, dispirited, and disappointed at not getting a car, and it showed on my face. The salesperson looked at my face and said to my mother, “You don’t want to disappoint your son, do you?” To which my mother replied, “You’d be the one disappointing him. He came here on good faith to buy the car you advertised. Now, you’re telling us the car was just sold (defiant look of disbelief). How does that sound to you? Would you want someone to do that to your son or daughter?” The salesperson replied, with a fallen-face, “You can have the car at the same price as the one advertised.”

Is was at that moment that I observed the effect that body language could have on a negotiation, along with how to utilize a negotiation strategy based on the body language being discussed. With one-fell-swoop, my mother turned the body language strategy the salesperson attempted to use on us (i.e. my sadness/disappointment) against him and into one of reflection. She did so by invoking fairness, when she asked the salesperson if he’d like that dejected feeling I was displaying thrust upon one of his kids. She went deeper into his emotional psyche when she implied, with added emphasis via her body language, the disbelief she possessed that the advertised car had just been sold. Note that she didn’t confront him by saying so, she let her body language speak for her.

From the time two people shake hands at the start of a negotiation, they’re negotiating. Actually, they started negotiating before they reached the formal negotiation via any communications they’ve had. That occurs even if it was in the form of one person gathering information about the other and developing strategies based on what was gleaned.

If you wish to gain influence in your negotiations, learn to read body language more accurately. You see and sense the appropriate times to employ negotiation strategies, based on the body language signals you see. Once you add reading body language to your negotiation rapport, you’ll become a more dynamic negotiator… and everything will be right with the world.

Remember, you’re always negotiating!

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