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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is that you don't have to figure out every situation from scratch.
A few templates that can work in common situations may be just what you need to make the people in your life feel cared for.
In other words, even if one size doesn't fit all, one size may fit some.
This tip comes from Will Guidara, the former general manager of Eleven Madison Park and the author of the book Unreasonable Hospitality.
He was recently interviewed by gathering expert Priya Parker.
Over the years, Eleven Madison Park became known for extraordinary thoughtfulness.
Think providing a sled to diners seeing New York snow for the first time, so they could go sledding after dinner.
But as Guidara explained, one-size-fits-one hospitality is hard to scale.
It is hard to constantly come up with new, extravagant ideas.
So he suggested looking for patterns in what happens, and how you can respond to fit those patterns.
He offered the example that lots of people got engaged at Eleven Madison Park.
The restaurant team got the jeweler Tiffany to give them champagne flutes in Tiffany blue boxes.
Then, when couples got engaged, the restaurant served champagne in those flutes.
After the toast, staff washed the flutes and gave them to the couple in the blue box to take home as a memento of the moment.
Champagne flutes in a special box wouldn't make sense for everyone, but one size fits some.
And they were a good gift for newly engaged couples without having to come up with some new way to delight every newly engaged set.
Even if you are not the manager of a special occasion restaurant.
One size fits some is a helpful tip to remember.
For instance, maybe you decide that a large proportion of people you know would love a monogrammed LL.
Bean boat bag as a gift or seize chocolates as a gift.
Now, obviously, for people who are allergic to chocolate or who work for L.L.
Bean and don't need any more boat bags, you come up with something else.
But one size fits a good number, even if not all.
One size fits some for notes, too.
The same phrase can convey gratitude in thank you note after thank you note.
For most sympathy cards, the same basic structure and a core sentence of condolence will get you 80 to complete.
You change things up for very unexpected circumstances, but you generally don't have to start from a blank page.
One size fits some for food.
Have a few go-to dinner party meals and you will be able to host a party and delight your guests without overthinking it.
One size fits some for entertainment, too.
Develop a menu of perhaps five destinations in your area that friends and family visiting from out of town might enjoy.
Perhaps museums, restaurants, parks, historical sites, or special shops.
When they are planning a trip to your area and ask for your suggestions.
All you need to do is copy and paste the destinations that are a good fit for them and hit send.
I think the wisdom of one size fits some is that it is not one size fits all.
You are not trying to shoehorn every person or experience into a single response.
But you also realize that, given the pace of life, one-size-fits-one solutions are probably not practical.
You don't have the time to start from scratch in figuring out how to respond to every person and experience.
With one-size-fits-some, you are developing great responses to common patterns and getting a lot of mileage from these responses.
When a unique situation comes up, you can come up with a unique and thoughtful response.
But much of the time, your menu of existing responses will equip you to respond with care.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura at lauravandercam.com.
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