Former FBI Agent: If They Do This Please RUN! Narcissists Favourite Trick To Control You! They're Controlling You Like A Puppet!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Joe Navarro spent decades catching liars for the FBI, now he reveals the subconscious habits that are sabotaging your success Joe Navarro is a former FBI agent and internationally recognised expert in the interpretation and application of nonverbal behaviour. He is also the author of over 15 books such as, 'Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart'. In this conversation, Joe and Steven discuss topics such as, the quiet trick that gives you instant control, how to read any room like a book, the negotiation trick the FBI use, and the one gesture that reveals you’re not confidence. 00:00 Intro 02:25 Who Are You and What Have You Spent Your Life Working On? 04:30 What Is It You're Giving People? 07:16 How Would My Life Change If I Applied Your Knowledge? 11:13 Your Career 12:01 Behavioral Program at the FBI 15:01 Have You Caught Spies? 22:08 Story of Catching a Spy Using Flowers 26:42 How Many People Could Be Spies Walking Among Us? 29:16 Is Body Language Important? 34:43 First Impressions 37:33 How Do We Synchronize With Someone? 44:15 Eyebrow Knitting 46:08 Eyelid Touching 49:45 What Do Our Lips Give Away? 51:14 The Supersternal Notch 55:54 How Do We Negotiate? 1:02:49 Writing Down the Goal of Your Negotiation 1:06:51 Taking Control of a Situation 1:11:07 When Should We Walk Into Rooms? 1:15:09 Why Does Height Matter When Speaking to Someone? 1:20:25 What Clues in Someone’s Posture Should We Look For? 1:26:00 The Importance of Observing 1:27:42 Can You Train Confidence? 1:31:59 Don’t Rise at the End of a Sentence 1:34:20 Speaking in Cadence 1:36:31 Hand Gestures 1:38:12 Eye Contact 1:39:40 What to Do When Greeting People 1:42:59 Should We Be Taking Notes? 1:46:07 Handshakes 1:48:42 Behaviors You Wouldn’t Want From a Leader 1:49:34 Self-Mastery 1:51:52 The Importance of Taking Action 1:53:22 Observation 1:53:42 Psychological Comfort 1:57:59 How to Spot a Narcissist 2:04:07 Narcissism and Self-Belief 2:06:02 How Has Seeing All of This Changed You as a Human? 2:11:22 Is There a Proudest Day in Your Career? 2:13:10 The Importance of Connecting 2:14:53 What Do People Say They Like About You? Follow Joe: Instagram - https://g2ul0.app.link/mEIBxWMqESb Twitter - https://g2ul0.app.link/2r4SCkOqESb Body Language Academy - https://g2ul0.app.link/xDCgWDRqESb You can purchase Joe Navarro’s book ‘Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart’, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/gbRf5uWqESb Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACEpisodes The 1% Diary is back - and it won’t be around for long, so act fast! https://bit.ly/1-Diary-Megaphone-ad-reads You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb Sign up to receive email updates about Diary Of A CEO here: https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt Ready to think like a CEO? Gain access to the 100 CEOs newsletter here: https://bit.ly/100-ceos-newsletter Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Shopify - https://shopify.com/bartlett Perfect Ted - https://www.perfectted.com with code DIARY40 for 40% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was in the FBI for 25 years.
0:03.0	I have sat with spies and enemies of this country,
0:06.0	and I learned a lot about human behaviors.
0:08.0	Imagine being able to read other people and circumstances faster.
0:12.0	It gives you a tremendous advantage in your life.
0:15.0	I want to hear everything.
0:17.0	So one of the first things I teach is...
0:19.0	Joe Navarro is a former FBI agent turned world-renowned body language expert.
0:23.5	He helps people decode body language to improve communication, trust, and influence.
0:28.4	One of the things that I found in negotiations is we as humans communicate quite a lot with our
0:34.0	faces. For instance, we push this together when we don't understand something.
0:38.5	And then the minute we hear something we don't like,
0:40.9	blood actually begins to lead the lips,
0:43.1	and then we begin to tighten them.
0:45.0	Another behavior is that when there's
0:46.9	lack of confidence, insecurities, people immediately.
0:50.7	So once we understand these behaviors,
0:53.4	you can take command of any situation.
0:56.3	Confidence. Is this something that you're born with? Or do you think confidence can be trained?
1:00.3	It can absolutely be trained. So the FBI actually teach confidence. And there's a lot of strategies.
1:06.5	One of them is the most powerful gesture that we can use and you see Musk do this a lot.
1:11.3	But what I tell people is that the easiest way to learn confidence is to...
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