#348: A Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Trust. It certainly makes life easier when it exists. Instead of having to craft complicated contracts for a business deal, a simple handshake will do. Instead of surveilling your spouse like the NSA, you take them at their word. But trust, it seems, is in short supply these days. We’re afraid of trusting people and we have a hard time getting people to trust us. How can you establish trust in even the most toxic environments? My guest today thinks he has the answer to that question. His name is Robin Dreeke, and he's spent his career working in a field where trust is hard to get but important to have — doing counterintelligence for the FBI. Robin’s recently published a book sharing how he has been able to gain the trust of people who aren’t very keen on trusting others. It’s called "The Code of Trust." Today on the show, Robin shares the five rules of building trust with anyone — no matter how suspicious they are of you. While these rules may seem like they’re an invitation to become a human doormat, Robin explains why that’s not the case, and how they actually make you more influential. Whether you’re working with spies, like Robin, or just want to build more trust in your office or relationships, you’re going to find plenty of interesting and actionable advice in this podcast.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:15.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcasts.
0:18.4	Trust.
0:19.4	It certainly makes life easier when it exists, instead of having to craft complicated contracts
0:22.6	for a business deal, a simple handshake will do, and instead of surveilling your spouse
0:26.0	like the NSA, you just take them at their word.
0:28.2	The trust, it seems, is short supply these days.
0:31.0	We're afraid of trusting people and we have a hard time getting people to trust us.
0:34.3	How can you establish trust in even the most toxic environments?
0:36.8	Well, I guess today thinks he has the answer to that question.
0:39.4	His name is Robin Drake and he spent his career working in a field where trust is hard
0:42.6	to get but important to have, doing counterintelligence for the FBI.
0:46.2	Robbins recently published a book sharing how he's been able to gain the trust of people
0:49.1	who aren't very keen on trusting others.
0:51.0	It's called The Code of Trust, and today on the show, Robbins shares the five rules of
0:54.4	building trust with anyone, no matter how suspicious they are of you.
0:57.4	While these rules may seem like their invitation to become a human doormat, Robin explains
1:00.8	why that's not the case and how they actually make you more influential.
1:04.1	Whether you're working with spies like Robin or just want to build more trust in your
1:07.3	office, you're going to find plenty of interesting and actionable advice in this podcast.
1:10.9	At other shows over, check out the show notes at aowm.iaslashtrust.
1:22.5	Robin Drake, welcome to the show.
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