#577: An FBI Agent's 6 Signs for Sizing People Up

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Every day, we have to make choices on whether we can trust someone or not. If we make the wrong choice, it could mean a failed relationship or business partnership and all the emotional and financial costs that follow. My guest today has spent his career sizing people up in high stakes situations. His name is Robin Dreeke, he spent two decades working as a behavioral analyst for the FBI, and in his new book, Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agent's User Manual for Behavior Prediction, he shares the tips everyone can use in determining whether or not someone is trustworthy. We begin our conversation discussing how Robin's latest book builds off the work he did in The Code of Trust and the consequences of sizing people up incorrectly. Robin then shares the overarching framework he recommends using when you want to figure out if you can trust someone or not. We spend the rest of our conversation digging into the six specific signs you should look for when you're figuring out if you want to enter into a personal or professional relationship with someone, and you're trying to predict their future behavior. Get the show notes at aom.is/sizingpeopleup.

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0:00.0	We're at McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.
0:11.2	Every day we have to make choices on whether we can trust someone or not.
0:14.0	We make the wrong choice, it can mean a failed relationship or business partnership and
0:17.2	all the emotional and financial costs that follow.
0:19.4	My guest day has been his career sizing people up in high-stakes situations, his name
0:22.9	is Robin Driek, he's been two decades working as a behavior analyst for the FBI, and in
0:26.9	his new book, Sizing People Up in Veteran FBI agents, user manual for behavior prediction.
0:31.3	He shares the tips everyone can use in determining whether or not someone is trustworthy.
0:35.1	We begin our conversation discussing how Robin's latest book builds off the work he did
0:38.2	in the code of trust and the consequences of sizing people up incorrectly.
0:41.7	Robin then shares the overarching framework he recommends using when you want to figure
0:45.4	out if you can trust someone or not.
0:46.7	Then we spend the rest of our conversation, digging into the six specific signs you should
0:50.2	look for when you're figuring out if you want to enter into a personal or professional
0:53.7	relationship with someone and you're trying to predict their future behavior.
0:56.6	If the show is over, check out our show notes at aam.islash sizing people up.
1:13.6	Alright, Robin Driek, welcome back to the show.
1:17.0	I'm flabbergasted and extremely excited to be back on your show, so thanks very much.
1:22.0	So we had you on last time, it's been a few years, talk about your book, The Code of Trust.
1:26.3	We got a new book out, sizing people up a veteran FBI agent's user manual for behavior
1:31.1	prediction.
1:32.1	How does this book build off the first book, The Code of Trust?
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