Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 135 minutes

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War, economic crises, and societal meltdown: how to be prepared to face the coming geopolitical threats like a CIA spy Mike Baker is a former CIA covert operations officer and security expert, and host of The President's Daily Brief podcast. He is also the co-founder and CEO of the global intelligence and security firm, Portman Square Group. In this conversation, Mike and Steven discuss topics such as, the technology that the CIA keeps secret, the different CIA hacks to master the art of persuasion, the biggest threats facing the world, and how China uses TikTok to influence the West. 00:00 Intro 02:15 Who Is Mike Baker? 02:46 What Is The CIA? 04:18 Did Mike Spend A Lot Of Time Overseas For The CIA? 04:32 What Was Mike's Day-To-Day Like At The CIA? 08:28 How Does Mike Convince Someone To Become A Spy? 13:13 How Mike Recruits A Source 19:49 What Do They Train You To Be Good At In The CIA? 21:47 Why Did Mike Leave The CIA? 22:20 Mike's Transition To Becoming A Spy For Companies 24:22 Did Mike Ever Go Undercover? 25:19 Is Mike's Job Dangerous? 27:11 What Are The Transferable Skills From The CIA To Business? 31:38 Why Is Decision-Making Crucial For Businesses? 35:26 Will The Election Have Global Consequences? 38:07 Will Trump End The Wars? 40:46 Why Did Russia Start The War? 45:23 Why Is It In NATO's Interest To Support Ukraine? 53:07 How Does The Ukraine War End? 58:07 What Is China's 2049 Plan? 01:01:01 Why Does The US Care About Taiwan? 01:05:42 Who Is The Real Enemy Of The West? 01:12:45 What Happened At The Start Of The Israel Conflict? 01:15:19 Is US Support Waning For Israel? 01:17:18 How Does The Israel War End? 01:22:07 Why Is The US Concerned About Iran Getting Nuclear Weapons? 01:23:42 Should We Be Concerned About Nuclear Weapons? 01:26:03 Who Has Nuclear Weapons? 01:26:58 The Power Of A Nuclear Warhead 01:29:44 Will There Be A Nuclear Incident In The Next 100 Years? 01:32:03 What Are Mike's Biggest Concerns? 01:36:39 How Is Mike Prepping For The Future? 01:40:18 Is This Misinformation Meant To Control Us? 01:42:34 Did Russia Want Trump To Win? 01:47:01 Is TikTok Being Used To Divide Us? 01:54:31 What Happens If Trump Dies In Office? 01:58:39 What Advice Would Mike Give To His Kids? 02:04:05 The Guest's Last Question Follow Mike: YouTube - https://bit.ly/3Vazy9k Twitter - https://bit.ly/3ZpRzTt Podcast - https://apple.co/3B9vdfG 🚀 The 1% Diary is live - and it won’t be around for long, so act fast! https://bit.ly/1-Diary-Megaphone-ad-reads Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACEpisodes My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACBook You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	China is a war with the West already. We just don't see it. And when I look at a map like this, I see a lot of problems.
0:07.0	Here is one issue. Over there, Putin is threatening nuclear weapons. And then this regime has been engaged in assassination plots on the President-elect.
0:15.0	And then over here, this is looming, right? It's a major issue.
0:18.0	Who's the real enemy of the West, in your opinion?
0:20.0	I've talked to a number of experts, and their take is...
0:23.6	It's that.
0:24.6	How do you think this ends?
0:26.6	Um...
0:28.6	X-CIA Officer Mike Baker spent decades in the field mastering the spy skills you need to achieve
0:34.6	success in business and everyday life.
0:36.6	And offers unique insights into the looming geopolitical threats that's facing the West.
0:41.4	When you left the CIA, you start being a spy for companies. Why?
0:45.1	Because in its core, the CIA's responsibilities to get intelligence. Because without that,
0:49.6	you cannot make smart strategic decisions. And if you can sell the idea to somebody that they should
0:54.5	commit treason on their country and betray their family to gather intelligence and protect
0:58.8	U.S. national security interests, then that's an incredible skill to use in selling and business.
1:04.2	And there's a lot of ways you can do this. People are capable of it more so than they realize.
1:08.2	But there's a lot of similarities between what I used to do
1:11.3	in the spy world and what you do in business. There's targeting, manipulation, psychology,
1:15.9	of how people think. Identifying weaknesses and leverage, how they close the deal. The most
1:20.2	important thing I took away was what I referred to as getting off the axe. And that's how you
1:24.7	get companies to stay with you for 20 years. Let's go through all of them.
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