Hi wso. I recently successfully lateraled to my dream company and thanks to my mentor who gave me some good advice along the process. I want to buy a gift to him for thanksgiving and I plan to spend $100-200. What is a good gift to buy for my mentor who is in his 50s, Caucasian male and works as a trader?
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Lamy pen. They come in nice packaging and they have some options that are really elegant looking. The notebooks are really nice too
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Kinda lame and under your budget, but a recurring gift I use for superiors/mentors is a good book. Ideally the book should be something you've actually read and a topic that you've discussed with this person ie. leadership, financial markets, even something off topic or not work related. I've even gotten books that I know the person has already read. Book lovers enjoy a fresh sentimental copy of something with a personalized note on the inside cover. The whole idea of giving a book just shows intellect and that you are actually listening to the advice they are giving and following up with your own research.
But if that's not your and your mentor's thing a nice bottle of wine literally never fails and still shows appreciation.
any good brand of wine that you can suggest?
https://top100.winespectator.com/lists/
1Dominus Estate Napa Valley+
2018 97 $269 2Château Pichon Longueville Lalande Pauillac+
2018 98 $198 3Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Martha's Vineyard+
2016 95 $250 4Merum Priorati Priorat Destí+
2018 95 $49 5Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino+
2016 98 $99 6Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne+
2018 95 $200 7Château Léoville Poyferré St.-Julien+
2018 97 $104 8Cavallotto Barolo Bricco Boschis+
2016 95 $90 9Salvestrin Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena Dr. Crane Vineyard+
2018 95 $80 10Château de Nalys Châteauneuf-du-Pape+
2018 95 $105 11Aubert Chardonnay Russian River Valley Eastside+
2019 97 $85 12Poggio Landi Brunello di Montalcino+
2016 97 $59 13Château Carbonnieux Pessac-Léognan White+
2018 94 $44 14Alexana Pinot Noir Dundee Hills Revana Vineyard+
2018 94 $55 15Giuseppe Nada Barbaresco Casot+
2017 95 $43 16Calcareous Syrah Paso Robles Devil's Canyon+
2018 94 $56 17Talenti Brunello di Montalcino+
2016 95 $50 18Burn Cottage Pinot Noir Central Otago Burn Cottage Vineyard+
2018 95 $65 19Cayuse Syrah Walla Walla Valley Cailloux Vineyard+
2018 96 $92 20Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico+
2018 93 $22 21Luca Malbec Uco Valley Old Vine+
2019 93 $35 22Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Dundee Hills Old Vines+
2018 93 $39 23John Duval Shiraz Barossa Entity+
2019 94 $40 24Ridge Geyserville Alexander Valley+
2019 93 $45 25Wittmann Riesling Trocken Rheinhessen Westhofener+
2019 94 $36 26Salcheto Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva+
2016 94 $36 27Evening Land Chardonnay Eola-Amity Hills Seven Springs+
2018 93 $35 28Three Sticks Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast Price Family Estates+
2019 95 $65 29Sparkman Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley Holler+
2018 93 $32 30Cantina del Pino Barbaresco+
2016 94 $45 31Filipa Pato Bairrada White Nossa Calcário+
2019 93 $29 32Massican Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley+
2020 93 $32 33Ant Moore Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough Estate Series+
2020 92 $17 34Zena Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills Slope+
2017 95 $75 35Château de Vaudieu Châteauneuf-du-Pape+
2019 94 $49 36Bodegas Beronia Rioja Gran Reserva+
2012 92 $30 37Rochioli Pinot Noir Russian River Valley+
2019 94 $64 38Pio Cesare Barbera d'Alba+
2019 92 $27 39Vermillion Sierra Foothills-Sonoma County+
2017 92 $35 40Mauro Molino Barolo+
2016 92 $30 41Rapaura Springs Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough Classic+
2020 91 $13 42Chateau Ste. Michelle-Dr. Loosen Riesling Columbia Valley Eroica+
2019 91 $20 43Carol Shelton Zinfandel Mendocino County Wild Thing Old Vine+
2018 91 $19 44Tenute Sella & Mosca Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva+
2018 90 $18 45Quinta do Noval Vintage Port+
2018 97 $100 46Rocca di Montegrossi Chianti Classico San Marcellino Gran Selezione+
2016 95 $75 47MacDonald Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville+
2018 98 $185 48Domaine de Villaine Bouzeron+
2018 92 $42 49Hickinbotham Shiraz McLaren Vale Brooks Road+
2018 95 $75 50Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling Kamptal Schlosskellerei+
2019 91 $19 51Alois Lageder Pinot Grigio Vigneti delle Dolomiti Terra Alpina+
2019 90 $16 52Snowden Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Brothers Vineyard+
2018 95 $90 53Clos de los Siete Uco Valley+
2018 90 $20 54Schloss Lieser Riesling Kabinett Mosel Juffer+
2019 95 $31 55Philippe Viallet Vin de Savoie+
2020 90 $14 56Tedeschi Amarone della Valpolicella Marne 180+
2017 93 $60 57Bodegas Pazo de Barrantes Albariño Rias Baixas+
2019 91 $21 58Chehalem Chardonnay Willamette Valley Inox Unoaked+
2020 91 $20 59Monte del Frà Custoza Superiore Cà del Magro+
2019 90 $22 60Force Majeure Syrah Red Mountain+
2018 95 $85 61Ben Haines Syrah Grampians+
2020 94 $35 62Stéphane Ogier Côtes du Rhône Le Temps Est Venu+
2019 91 $23 63G.B. Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero+
2016 97 $100 64Concha y Toro Syrah Buin Gravas del Maipo+
2018 94 $70 65Bodegas Ateca Garnacha Calatayud Atteca Armas Old Vines+
2017 93 $45 66De Martino Cabernet Sauvignon Maipo Valley Legado Reserva+
2019 91 $20 67Bastianich Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali Vini Orsone+
2018 90 $18 68Etxaniz Txakolina Getariako Txakolina Rosado Txomin Etxaniz+
2020 90 $20 69Domaine du Clos du Fief Juliénas Tradition+
2018 91 $25 70Domaine Chandon Brut Rosé California+
NV 90 $19 71Feudo Montoni Nero d'Avola Sicilia Lagnusa+
2017 90 $22 72Rivers-Marie Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena Panek Vineyard+
2018 95 $110 7355 Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon Paraje Altamira Zaha Toko Vineyard+
2018 91 $25 74Thompson Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River Four Chambers+
2019 91 $30 75Salvatore Molettieri Taurasi Vigna Cinque Querce+
2013 94 $51 76Louis Roederer Brut Champagne Collection 242+
NV 92 $63 77Marcassin Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast Marcassin Vineyard+
2014 95 $150 78Bodega Matarromera Ribera del Duero Crianza+
2018 91 $35 79Saxon Brown Chardonnay Sonoma Coast Durell Vineyard+
2017 94 $60 80Alta Vista Atemporal Albaneve Vineyard Uco Valley+
2018 90 $22 81Brandlin Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder+
2018 93 $90 82Masottina Extra Dry Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore RDO Rive di Ogliano+
2019 90 $28 83Graeme & Julie Bott St.-Joseph White+
2019 93 $65 84Chalk Hill Chardonnay Sonoma Coast+
2019 91 $26 85Louis Jadot Beaune Clos des Ursules Domaine des Héritiers+
2018 93 $95 86Boundary Breaks Riesling Finger Lakes Dry No. 239+
2019 90 $20 87Château Pradeaux Côtes de Provence Rosé+
2020 91 $24 88Kinsman Eades Cabernet Sauvignon Calistoga La Voleuse du Chagrin+
2018 96 $195 89Luis Seabra Douro Xisto Ilimitado+
2018 91 $27 90Graci Etna+
2018 91 $33 91Bodegas Emilio Moro Godello Bierzo El Zarzal+
2018 92 $28 92De Wetshof Chardonnay Robertson Bon Vallon+
2020 91 $24 93Guido Berlucchi Brut Rosé Franciacorta '61+
NV 91 $36 94Château Berliquet St.-Emilion+
2018 92 $65 95Colli di Lapio Fiano di Avellino+
2019 91 $28 96Detert Cabernet Franc Oakville+
2018 92 $95 97Domaine Guiberteau Saumur White+
2018 91 $27 98Faust Cabernet Sauvignon Coombsville The Pact+
2018 93 $125 99Krug Brut Champagne+
2008 99 $309 100Kamen Cabernet Sauvignon Moon Mountain District Lava Block+
2018 94 $155Montblanc Meisterstuck Black Ballpoint Pen
-18% $288.74
Was: $349.99
https://www.amazon.com/Montblanc-Meisterst%C3%BCck-Classique-Ballpoint-…
The Meisterstuck's are nice but these days there are so many good rollerball options at great price points. Why settle for ballpoint?
Which rollerball do you prefer?
if they're a reader, I'd say a book but a collector's edition leatherbound type thing, like nassim taleb's incerto in leatherbound: https://www.amazon.com/Incerto-Deluxe-Randomness-Procrustes-Antifragile…
a really nice bottle of wine should be good, if it's for thanksgiving he'll likely open it at thanksgiving and tell people about it, so he gets to feel good that he's a mentor and you get some anonymous approval from his family
any good brand of wine that you can suggest?
love nassim taleb
ofc it matters, each race has it cultural background which favors something more than others, what are you 5-year-old thinking everyone has the same default setting from factory pipeline?
I often opt for a gift basket with alcohol, chocolate, and special snacks (truffles, coffee beans). It can be delivered with a note attached and customized to include flowers and stuff. I sent this to a few mentors/supervisors I respected - they all loved it!
I also bought a few hard copy of a books that colleagues wanted to read - it went really well.
any good brand of wine that you suggest?
I always like an interesting bottle - one from an unusual region or small producer instead of just another California red that is mass produced and available at every big box store
I'd go to a local wine store (not a Total Wine, but a small wine specialty shop if you can find one) tell them your budget and that it's a gift, looking for a smaller winery, and they should be able to guide you well
I often opt for whisky, Glenfiddich or Glenlivet, as it's my mentors' preferred drink.
For some Wine ideas, I recommend Hazelton's Gift Baskets for inspiration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyolson/2016/12/07/peerless-fonderie-47…
pen made out of an ak47. a goldman partner showed it to me
Lol you could buy like 30 AK-47's for this price on the market. Honestly wild how easy it is to buy automatic weapons outside developed countries. Just gotta find a guy who knows a guy. Cambodia used to be able to pay a couple hundred $$ and shoot up a cow. Pay a little extra and you could use an RPG
I would definitely buy one of those just out of princple. Can't get any actual AK's anymore (so close to buying that VEPR .308 but that F'in ban hit).
Is he married?
married for long time but his kid is fairly young, 7-8 years old
Then why not get him something for his kid? Something cool like an awesome lego set, Nintendo Switch, etc.
He helped you with a new job and your budget is $200??? C'mon, son.
Wouldn’t consider cost, since he’s probably very wealthy as a trader his age. Just focus on anything he’d like that isn’t a huge burden to you.
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