The Manipulation Expert: CIA Spy Reveals You're Being Controlled! "You're Being Manipulated Without Realising It"! Andrew Bustamante

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

The REAL truth about the Trump assassination attempt from former CIA spy

Andrew Bustamante is a former covert CIA intelligence officer and US Air Force combat veteran. He is the founder of Everyday Spy, an online education platform that provides people with useful spy skills for everyday life. He is also the host of the ‘Everyday Spy Podcast’.

In this episode, Andrew and Steven discuss topics such as, how to make a successful business sale, the myths around company culture, the key steps to manipulation, and the truth about Trump’s assassination attempt.

(00:00) Intro

(00:01:29) What is Andrew doing now?

(00:04:08) What is every day spy?

(00:06:49) Your perspective on the world before the CI

(00:09:35) Why the CIA chose Andrew?

(00:12:10) Is there anything we can do once we know there's a system

(00:18:25) The importance of awareness in our society

(00:19:40) Living in a state of your own barriers

(00:23:53) 'Cheating' in the context of cheating

(00:25:57) How to break free of the system

(00:28:10) Knowledge, information & experience

(00:29:40) Real life examples of how you've helped people

(00:30:50) How to train people to have perception and perspective

(00:37:58) Getting into someone else's perspective

(00:40:49) Asking open-ended questions to get into someone's reality

(00:46:27) We should gamble on our lives when the odds are in our favor

(00:50:05) Who can't be taught these CIA skills

(00:51:56) Reaching an equal point with China

(00:53:39) What history tells us about changing superpowers

(00:56:53) Is the war in Ukraine & Russia a symptom of a change in power?

(00:59:19) Current State of US politics, there's only one person that can beat Trump

(01:06:40) Was Trump's shooting a staged assassination?

(01:13:46) The CIA does have history

(01:15:49) If that bullet had hit Donald Trump, how would things be different

(01:19:04) How to bend the world for success

(01:22:38) CIA skills for overcoming trauma

(01:27:04) How do we know if we're wired for success?

(01:33:08) What is your favorite case study?

(01:36:29) How do we influence people?

(01:39:38) The influence framework

(01:43:38) Know, like, trust framework

(01:46:48) The power of polarity, what marketing strategy builds more influence

(01:53:54) How to persuade someone

(02:01:23) How to get any job

(02:13:30) The R.I.C.E framework

(02:26:20) The 4 Cs of influence

(02:31:17) What a great leader does

(02:33:46) The core components of a great leader

(02:36:16) Seeing every interaction as a transaction

(02:41:21) Your book

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