How to Give Great Gifts Every Time

So you want to know how to give great gifts? It isn'textraverted type that always hosts frequent social or
hard. There is a sure fire method to great gift givingfamily gatherings? In this case, some home
that if you follow it, will make the gifts you give a hitentertainment items would be a great gift. The bottom
every time. Some people are naturally excellent giftline is - the personality traits of the person you are
givers. I happen to be one of those people. But somebuying for should play a BIG part in your gift giving
other people I know, well let's just say they need a bitprocess.
of help.#2 - Hobbies & Interests: Knowing someone's
In some families, each year is a new disappointmenthobbies and interests play a key role in giving great
for the gift recipient because the gift-giver just doesn'tgifts. What do they like to do? Do they play sports or
"get it". As a gift recipient, sometimes it can seem likeengage in scrapbooking? Do they like to try new
you are receiving gifts that a person wants you tofoods or visit museums? Keep these things in mind
have, as opposed to receiving things you reallyalong with their personality type and it can help you
wanted. You don't want to seem ungrateful, but thechoose the right present. An athletic person may like
gifts you receive have nothing to do with your tastes,some workout gear or the latest fitness DVD. A
likes, or lifestyle. On the outside you may smile, butcrafty person would enjoy some crafting supplies. A
inside you are thinking: "Did they REALLY think I would"foodie" would enjoy dinner at a new restaurant.
like this?"... Well, I am going to give you a few tips soConsider a person's hobbies and interests, and use this
that you will never be "that person" in your family.knowledge as a tool to help you determine the gift you
How To Give Great Giftswill give them.
The key to giving a great gift is to really think about#3 - Music: Just about everyone likes some kind of
your gift-recipient's personality, hobbies/interests, andmusic, right? So get in tune to what kind of music they
musical or artistic preferences - even if they are polarlike, and learn why they like to listen to it. For example,
opposites of your own. An item that you havesome people listen to music to get them excited and
absolutely no interest in having for yourself maymotivated, others use it as a medium to help them
actually be the thing that your gift-recipient wants therelieve tension and relax. Knowing this can help you
most. A musical ensemble that makes your eardrumspick the right CD or digital music player to give them.
hurt may be someone's favorite band. Your personalKnowing this can also help you give concert tickets or
tastes and preferences should not matter when youtickets to their favorite musical theater show as a gift.
are giving a gift. The only thing that should matter areRemember, even if their musical preferences are
the tastes and preferences of the person you want toopposite yours, it is THEIR preferences that you need
give a great gift to. So how do you determine whichto consider as you are searching - even if you
direction to go with your gift-shopping? Consider thesepersonally do not find their music appealing.
three things and you will be headed in the rightI repeat, your preferences are not the ones that
direction.matter when you want to give a great gift. What you
#1 - Personality: Always take a person's personalityneed to do is take inventory of a person's personality
into consideration. For example, is the person you areand search for gifts that match THEIR hobbies,
buying for an introverted "home body" that likes tointerests, or musical preferences. If you do this, you too
read? If so, find out what types of books they likewill be a great gift giver every time.
(action, romance, memoirs, etc.) and give them theKen S.
best seller or latest release in that genre. Are they an