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1. Recent Topics You May Have Missed

2. Holiday Gift Guide: Products I Swear By

📔Recent Topics You May Have Missed

• Thanksgiving Open Enrollment Tips from Rebekah Willetts Cafiero - hear from my wife on how to demystify the confusing OE season.

• Ripple Effects of RIFs & What To Do Next - tips on how to inspire employees after tough sledding.

• 3 Announcements from Sequoia Comp & Equity - learn more about our Investor Portal, Comp & Equity Trend Webinar, and 2025 Comp Practices Report.

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🎁 Holiday Gift Guide: Products I Swear By

11 days left until 2025 is a scary sentence, but here we are.

If you’re anything like me, you strategically saved your holiday shopping for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals (and wisely avoided the in-person clash of chaos in retail stores). But if you’re also like me, you might have forgotten one or two people on your list and are now scrambling to find the perfect gifts.

To reduce your anxiety around the seemingly infinite choices of potential presents, I’ve put together a curated guide of my favorite products that I use regularly. Hopefully, these will inspire you when shopping for your family, significant other, friends, or coworkers!

And for the record, none of these are “affiliate” links (hey brands, call me!). I don’t make a dime from recommending these products—I just genuinely love them and hope you will too.

Wellness:

• PF Candle Co Soy Candles - A lit candle is a Cafiero household staple.

• Oura Ring - I was surprised by how amazing the data is on this ring. It's completely changed my approach to sleep habits and helped me be more self-aware of my wellness.

• WAOAW Sleep mask - Sleeping on planes was impossible for me until this mask.

• Hatch Restore 2 - Silence is deafening! Love the brown noise feature & easy wake up.

• Humanrace Skin Care - Never tried skin care until I found this brand and now it’s part of my daily routine.

  

• HydroFlask Water Bottle with Straw - phone, wallet, keys, and water bottle.

Office

• Logitech MX Keys & Mouse Combo - Easily my favorite keyboard & mouse combo I’ve ever used. They work flawlessly across my work laptop & PC with a quick press of a button.

  

• Sony Noise Canceling Headphones WH-1000XM5 - For flights & high-focus, can't be beat.

• reMarkable 2 Tablet - My morning routine starts with writing, every day. This tablet gives that paper feel experience.

• Secretlab Titan Evo Office Chair - If you're like me and sit all day, you need to invest in your back. Posture check!

• Autonomous SmartDesk 2 - Speaking of… don’t forget to stand!

  

Home:

• Our Place Large Always Pan - Women-owned business celebrating BIPOC & underrepresented communities through beautiful cookware.

• Casabrews Espresso Machine - Moving from a pot of coffee to an espresso machine was game changing for my mornings.

• iRobot Roomba Self Emptying Vacuum - we have a golden retriever… hope that helps.

  

• Vuori Loungewear - I am never not in a pair of their joggers.

• Monopoly Deal - My wife & I have successfully converted every one of our friends into competitive real estate moguls.

• Ember Mug 2 - Coffee is a common theme in my life.

• Assouline - The coolest & classiest coffee table books.

  

Sustainable:

• Goodbuy - Looking for unique products that align with your values? Goodbuy is a shopping search engine that shows amazing products from minority-owned retailers & small businesses.

• Bloomscape - My favorite gift to give: a beautiful plant for home or office.

• America National Parks Pass - Get outside!

• 4Ocean - Removes 5 pounds of ocean waste per purchase

• Terra Thread Work Tote Bag - Purchase supports Feeding America's campaign

Subscriptions:

• Audible subscription - Read when you can't!

• Kindle unlimited subscription - Read when you can!

• Wellhub - Gyms, group fitness, and personal training all in one app.

• Headspace - Take it easy on yourself.

• Marvel Unlimited - Digital comic book subscription for your favorite nerd.

• Perplexity Pro subscription - Perplexity changed the way I search and I may never go back.

Top Books I Read This Year:

• Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

• Alchemy by Rory Sutherland

• Secrets of Sand Hill Road by Scott Kupor

• Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle

• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

• Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson

• Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg

• Empire of Imagination by Michael Witwer

• Build by Tony Fadell

• Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown

• The Gentleman Bastards Series by Scott Lynch

 Happy Shopping & Happy Holidays! 🎄 

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