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CIA training involves a simulated environment where candidates learn skills such as driving through roadblocks, identifying surveillance, and communication techniques. However, the focus is more on understanding and predicting human psychology processes to detect and manipulate motivations effectively.
Core motivations in human behavior are categorized into reward, ideology, coercion, and ego. Understanding these motivations helps in influencing people's actions based on what they desire, believe in, feel compelled to do, or how they view themselves. Ideology is the strongest motivator, followed by ego, reward, and coercion.
Through training, agents learn how to detect lies based on body language and verbal cues. Good liars exhibit minimal body movements and ask questions rather than make statements. Agents are also taught to build trust through mirroring behavior to establish a foundation of openness.
The training emphasizes the importance of using psychological processes to connect with individuals through their core motivations. By aligning with what matters to them, such as rewards, beliefs, self-perception, or coercion, agents can effectively influence people's actions and decisions.
Motivation and manipulation are interlinked as they stem from appealing to someone's ideology, leading to long-term trust. One's moral flexibility allows them to navigate beyond labeling actions as good or bad, focusing on utility and productivity instead. In scenarios where motivation fails, manipulation becomes a viable option to achieve desired outcomes.
Identifying someone's ideology involves keen observation or eliciting voluntary revelations. People naturally disclose their predispositions, such as aspirations towards responsible fatherhood, reflecting their desires and values. Understanding customers' ideologies through active marketing and emotional messaging aids in crafting tailored narratives that resonate with their motivations.
Transferring CIA's asset recruitment principles into business involves spotting potential clients, assessing their value, and developing long-term relationships. The Sadrat process, focusing on Spot Assess Develop Recruit, parallels CIA strategies and forms the foundation of effective sales and marketing tactics. Understanding human psychology and mirroring emotional engagement facilitate building trust and delving into clients' 'secret lives.'
Taking action, even if it's the wrong step, sets individuals apart from those who do not act. By challenging perceptions and gaining new perspectives, individuals show that they are not controlled by fear. The willingness to take the first step, regardless of its precision, provides an advantage over those who hesitate. Each action, even if flawed initially, offers valuable learning experiences that propel individuals further ahead in their endeavors.
Formerly believing in the concept of equality, the speaker now emphasizes that true equality is unattainable as people inherently seek advantages over others. Acknowledging the desire for superiority and gaining edges over competition shapes individuals' pursuits. Politicians advocating for equality may have ulterior motives, aiming to maintain power dynamics and control over societal aspects. Embracing the reality of unequal opportunities sheds light on the complexities of human aspirations and competitive drives.
Everyones seen the films, but what does it take to be a real life 007?
Andrew Bustamante is a former covert CIA intelligence officer and US Air Force combat veteran. He is the founder of EverydaySpy, an online education platform that teaches real-world international espionage techniques that can be used in everyday life.
In this conversation Andrew and Steven discuss topics such as, why spy skills work in the business world, how to manipulate people, the ways to take control of your emotions, and why he’s leaving the US before 2030.
(00:00) Intro
(02:10) Your Time At The CIA
(02:47) What Is The CIA?
(03:27) You've Got It Wrong About Spies
(06:13) Applying Real Spy Skills To Overcome Any Barrier In Our Lives
(07:43) How To Manipulate People
(17:45) The Psychological Profile Of A CIA Agent
(20:43) I Held The Key To Nuclear Missiles
(22:45) It Was A Horrible Job
(24:30) Would You Have You Pressed The Nuclear Button?
(26:48) The CIA Message That Changed My Life
(28:43) The Interview Process For The CIA
(32:44) How Did You Feel When You Received That Letter?
(35:07) Did The CIA Tell You To Cut Off From Your Social Circle?
(35:57) Your Ethnicity Factor To Be Recruited By The CIA
(37:16) Do You Have To Change Your Identity?
(38:27) How Expensive Is To Train A CIA Agent?
(38:34) What's The CIA Training Scheme?
(39:17) Do They Show You How To Kill?
(40:19) How You Teach The Art Of Lying
(43:13) Body Language & Lying
(44:59) Demystifying Lying Signs
(47:57) How To Tell If Someone Is Lying
(49:47) Human Psychology
(52:55) The Essence Of Manipulation
(54:32) How To Find Someone's Ideology To Manipulate Them
(58:45) Have You Changed The Way You Look At The World?
(01:02:34) Perception vs Perceptive
(01:04:32) Leaning Into Objective vs Subjective Feelings
(01:05:58) How To Train Yourself To Apply Rational Objective Perspective
(01:08:27) Your Business Success
(01:11:34) What Is SADRAT?
(01:13:40) Change The Game When Selling Your Products
(01:15:46) What Is Espionage?
(01:16:41) What Is Our Secret Life?
(01:20:49) How To Enter Someone's Secret Life
(01:26:06) How To Apply It To Business
(01:28:52) Adapting To Change Faster Than Your Opponent
(01:31:51) Were There Times Your Life Was At Threat?
(01:34:16) Sexpionage, What Is It?
(01:36:22) Disguise, Did You Ever Do It?
(01:41:17) Do CIA Agents Get Trained To Not Feel Fear & Anxiety?
(01:43:56) How Do They Train You To Slow Down Your Emotional Brain?
(01:50:11) Your Wife & You Leaving The CIA
(01:51:38) America Is Going Through A Hard Period
(01:56:58) What's The Advice For Everyone To Make That Change?
(01:59:10) How Does Your Identity Stop You From Evolving?
(01:59:22) What Is Something You Used To Believe That You No Longer Do?
Want to learn more from Andrew?
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