Gifts for Life A Guide to Alternative Corporate Gifting
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Developing Emotional Intelligence The School of Life is a global organisation dedicated to developing emotional intelligence. Over the past few years we have been working closely with some of the world’s leading brands and companies in the area of business services. Alongside professional development and our in-house creative consultancy, we also offer corporate gifting and bespoke product design. We apply psychology, philosophy, and culture to everyday life by exploring life’s big questions. How can we fulfil our potential? Can work be inspiring? Why does community matter? Should relationships last a lifetime? We don’t have all the answers, but we’ll direct you towards a variety of useful ideas that are guaranteed to stimulate, provoke, nourish and console. To complement our classes, books and videos, we have created a range of tools to help us flourish and better understand ourselves and the world. Our tools help us to make relationships work, build fulfilling careers, understand ourselves, find calm, nurture friendships and get the most out of culture.
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Confidence Prompt Cards ÂŁ10.00
We too often assume that we must accept the levels of confidence we currently possess. However, confidence is not a given: it is a quality we can learn about and develop in ourselves. These confidence prompt cards keep a variety of consoling and invigorating arguments at the front of our minds, ready for the greater and smaller challenges of our lives.
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20 Aphorisms ÂŁ20.00
Here is a set of 20 of our favourite aphorisms from across history. Send one to a friend or keep one on your desk as a daily reminder of a salient point.
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15 Minute Timer ÂŁ20.00
Our lives are so busy and frenetic; we are always forgetting to make time for what matters. The 15 minute glass timer doesn’t tell you what exactly to do with its allotted time. It just delicately shames us into doing what really counts.
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100 Questions: Original, Work, Love & Family ÂŁ20.00 (each)
A set of beautiful cards, filled with the very best questions to help start and build conversations around some of life’s key topics. Carefully designed to encourage entertaining and meaningful conversations.
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Writing as Therapy Journals ÂŁ15.00 (each)
Use these elegant notebooks to record thoughts, feelings and general musings throughout the day. The inner pages are printed with dotted paper to help create structure when needed.
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A Job to Love £15.00
Alongside a satisfying relationship, a career we love is one of the foremost requirements for a fulfilled life. Unfortunately, it is devilishly hard to understand oneself well enough to know quite where one’s energies should be directed. A Job to Love is our practical guide to how we can discover our true talents & make sense of our confused aspirations, to help us find truly fulfilling work.
Gift Vouchers £25.00 — £150.00
Whatever is going on their lives, you can guarantee we’ll have something to inspire, enthral or console, and even the most cynical shopper will enjoy the opportunity to browse our shelves or online store.
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Keyword Pencil Sets ÂŁ12.00 (each)
A selection of the most important words from different academic disciplines displayed on a set of finely crafted pencils, so that we hold them more clearly in our minds while we write.
Calm Prompt Cards ÂŁ10.00
A set of prompt cards with eloquent and beautiful reminders designed to enable us to approach our frustrations and find our calmest selves.
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The School of Life for Business Our business division gives brands the ability to find and communicate their purpose, and helps teams to develop key emotional skills. We are experts at putting creativity and cutting edge thinking to work.
Brand Development
Learning and Development
Our brand development team work collaboratively with companies to strengthen and develop their brand’s purpose, and to incorporate more meaningful products and services. From pop-up talks to books, white papers to animations, our creativity knows no bounds. Whatever sector you’re in, if you’ve got an idea for a project or partnership, or need some creative inspiration, do get in touch.
Our learning and development division helps organisations build emotional maturity in the workplace through the teaching of 20 emotional skills. For each skill, we provide a precisely designed two-hour workshop, and work with clients to create tailored, modular and comprehensive learning journeys. We cover topics such as:
For more information please email ewen@theschooloflife.com
— Communication — Resilience — Adaptability — Creativity For more information please email sophie@theschoolof life.com
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Bespoke Products No matter what your budget or brief, we design all manner of objects, tools, books and gifts, which are not only lovely to look at, but are also thoughtful, meaningful and rich in content. All of our products are created with a view towards meeting our customers’ cognitive and emotional needs. Bespoke product development services include: — Concept Development — Design — Sourcing — Production — Logistics For more information please email ewen@theschoolof life.com
Case Study Morgans Hotel Group Minibar for the Mind An overpriced packet of peanuts, a 50ml bottle of Smirnoff and a titchy can of Sprite? Not in our hotel minibar. Travel should expand the mind, so we designed a range of amenities to ensure Morgans’ hotel guests enjoyed a stimulating stay. Minibar for the Mind contents: A Book of Collected Thoughts, Relax & Seduce Bibliotherapy Prescription, Dreams & Fears Notebook, Conversation Starters and A Writer’s Block Pencil Set.
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Bulk Discount Guide† Quantity rrp
21 – 100
101 – 500
501 +
1000 +
– 10%
– 15%
– 20%
On Request
Does not apply to bespoke products and gift vouchers. Prices include VAT. Additional shipping charges may apply.
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For more information about our product range, or to place an order, please contact: Emma Gordon Head of Retail Product The School of Life 75 Kenton Street London wc1n 1nn +44 (0)7876 204024 emma@theschoolof life.com
70 Marchmont Street London wc1n 1ab Monday – Saturday 10.00 – 18.00 Tuesday 11.00 – 18.00
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