cover image The Power of 2: Win Big with People in Your Work and in Life

The Power of 2: Win Big with People in Your Work and in Life

Anthony C. Scire. Possibility Press, $19.95 (173pp) ISBN 978-0-938716-45-7

Promising to help readers meet more people, build ""finer relationships"" and better nurture the ones they already have, motivational speaker Anthony C. Scire presents The Power of 2: Win Big with People in Your Work and in Life. Scire's recommendations hinge on the concept of the ""high-touch"" relationship, ""a strong, mutually beneficial association of two people who are nice, kind, and good to each other as they do things together."" Scire suggests taking this approach to personal and professional relationships, and his book lists numerous positive, energetic tips to foster ""high-touch"" relationships, among them, ""your attitude can get you gratitude,"" ""contacts can make you contracts,"" ""appreciate the people in your support network"" and ""motivate your TONY"" (the ""Talent of Networking Yourself""). A foreword by Michael Hottinger, who worked in the World Trade Center and survived the attack, underlines the importance of being ""nice, kind, and good"" to everyone one interacts with, setting the stage for Scire's unflagging, bubbly words of advice.