"The Power of No" is a self-help book written by husband and wife duo James Altucher and Claudia Azula Altucher. In this book, the Altuchers aim to provide guidance on how learning to say "no" more often can help people set healthy boundaries, reduce stress, increase productivity, unlock creativity, and ultimately transform lives for the better. As self-help gurus with business experience as well as spiritual teaching backgrounds, the Altuchers are totally perfect to advise readers on the benefits of declining requests, obligations, activities, and other things that do not serve your highest priorities or purpose. After all, we’ve all felt obligated to say yes when a hard, straight "no!" would be wiser, like agreeing to unreasonable requests from friends and bosses that leave us overworked and exhausted.  

The Altuchers go beyond typical self-help guidance on setting boundaries with difficult people. They explore the deeper transformative power of no for reducing our stresses and perceived scarcity so we have energy and resources to say yes to what inspires us. Through intuitive yet practical tips, they reveal how one little word allows us to set the terms of our wellbeing by blocking that which harms us and making space for upliftment. The power of no helps us move from depletion to abundance and ultimately from unhappiness to joy. Master it, and we become able to say yes to our best lives.

With this foundation on the transformative power of "no" established, the Altuchers dive right into one of the most common areas people struggle to exert their power of refusal: bad relationships.