478: Maria Konnikova | The Confidence Game

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🗓️ 13 January 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) shows us how we can defend ourselves against would-be con artists and use the same principles for more benign purposes in her new book The Confidence Game.The Cheat Sheet:As it turns out, you can fool an honest man. But cynics -- by their own overconfidence in being savvy and "scamproof" -- are just as susceptible to deception. Technology and the abundance of information most of us freely surrender to the Internet makes the con artist's job easier than ever before.What type of person becomes a con artist?How can we avoid getting scammed?Understand how belief works, why we over-believe in some things (even when we have no evidence for them), and how this plays into our susceptibility to deception.And so much more...Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/maria-konnikova-the-confidence-game-episode-478/HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need.Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereviewStay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the art of charm.
0:04.7	Learn everything you need to know to crush it in business, love, and life.
0:12.2	Today we're talking with my friend Maria Conocova.
0:14.3	This is an interesting episode and this activates the kid in me in some way.
0:19.4	We're talking about con games and influencers.
0:22.7	This is actually her book is called The Confidence Game.
0:25.6	We're talking about vulnerability, deception, and persuasion.
0:28.4	How all of us are vulnerable to deception and persuasion.
0:32.6	If you haven't conned already, chances are really good that you will.
0:35.7	We're going to talk about not only our own inability to spot deception, but how to avoid
0:40.0	getting scammed, how belief works, how the nature of belief and trust actually works,
0:46.0	and we're going to tell some stories, of course, and even reverse engineer some con man's
0:50.0	strategies so that we can defend ourselves and be more persuasive.
0:54.3	To enjoy this one with Maria Conocova and with that, welcome to the art of charm.
0:58.5	I'm Jordan Harbinger.
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