Includes bibliographical references and index.

Create a personal power grid of influence to spark professional and personal success. Other people have the answers, deals, money, access, power, and influence you need to get what you want in this world. To achieve any goal, you need other people to help you do it. As anyone in business knows, strategic planning is critical to achieving long-term success. This book argues that strategic relationship planning should be your top priority. When you combine your specific skills and talents with a clear, workable path for creating and managing your relationships, nothing will stop you from meeting your goals. With high-value connections, you'll tap into a dynamic power grid of influence guaranteed to accelerate your personal and professional success. Robinett uses her decades of experience connecting the world's highest achievers with one another to help you build high-value relationships. She reveals all the secrets of her trade, including proven ways to: find and enter the best network ecosystem to meet your goals; reach even the most unreachable people quickly and effectively; get anyone's contact information within 30 seconds; create a 3D connection that adds value to multiple people at the same time; access key influencers through industry and community events; subtly seed conversation with information about interests and needs; and use social media to your best advantage.