(credits: Diary of a CEO) 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’.

00:00 Intro
01:56 What is Andrew doing now?
04:35 What is every day spy?
07:16 Your perspective on the world before the CI
10:02 Why the CIA chose Andrew?
12:37 Is there anything we can do once we know there's a system
18:52 The importance of awareness in our society
20:07 Living in a state of your own barriers
24:20 'Cheating' in the context of cheating
26:24 How to break free of the system
28:37 Knowledge, information & experience
30:07 Real life examples of how you've helped people
31:17 How to train people to have perception and perspective
38:25 Getting into someone else's perspective
41:16 Asking open-ended questions to get into someone's reality
46:54 We should gamble on our lives when the odds are in our favor
50:32 Who can't be taught these CIA skills
52:23 Reaching an equal point with China
54:06 What history tells us about changing superpowers
57:20 Is the war in Ukraine & Russia a symptom of a change in power?
01:00:46 Current State of US politics, there's only one person that can beat Trump
01:07:07 Was Trump's shooting a staged assassination?
01:16:16 If that bullet had hit Donald Trump, how would things be different
01:19:31 How to bend the world for success
01:23:05 CIA skills for overcoming trauma
01:27:31 How do we know if we're wired for success?
01:33:35 What is your favorite case study?
01:36:56 How do we influence people?
01:40:05 The influence framework
01:44:05 Know, like, trust framework
01:47:15 The power of polarity, what marketing strategy builds more influence
01:54:21 How to persuade someone
02:01:50 How to get any job
02:13:57 The R.I.C.E framework
02:26:47 The 4 Cs of influence
02:31:44 What a great leader does
02:34:13 The core components of a great leader
02:36:43 Seeing every interaction as a transaction
02:41:48 Your book

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