628: Brian Brushwood | Scam School & The Modern Rogue

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🗓️ 22 June 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Brian Brushwood (@shwood) has spent the last twenty years performing onstage, on TV, and on the Internet, entertaining and teaching people how to harness the deceptive (and self-deceptive) skills of scientists, spies, criminals, and con artists. "The moment a magician says, 'Now we begin,' you're already screwed!" -Brian Brushwood The Cheat Sheet: Why being interesting isn't a gift -- it's a practice. Fixed action patterns and how they help us get others to do what we want them to do. (Important note: for good -- not evil!) How to control a conversation by asking the right questions. The best way to convince someone to help us? By making it their idea. Why we're all capable of being duped in spite of our highly developed human brains -- and how practicing magic can train us to be more resistant to the fraudulent. And so much more... SmartMouth is the only activated oral rinse clinically proven to eliminate existing bad breath and prevent it from returning for a full twelve hours per rinse. Visit SmartMouth.com to get an in-depth, scientific analysis of how SmartMouth is able to deliver such incredible results! Learn over 500 subjects (no tests or homework!) at The Great Courses Plus -- The Art of Charm listeners get one month free here! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Distinctive style meets unique spirit in the all-new crossover Toyota C-HR. Check out Toyota.com/C-HR to learn more! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/628/ 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/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	That's when I realized that the structure of a magic trick, that the art of deception,
0:04.4	if I could educate other people, if other people knew magic the way I knew magic,
0:08.6	then that would put them in a position where they would have that low grade alarm ready to go off at all times.
0:20.9	Welcome to the Art of Charm. I'm Jordan Harbinger. I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.
0:25.4	On this episode of AOC, we'll be talking to my friend Brian Grushwood. This guy is incredible. He used
0:31.4	to be on Scam School, one of the first podcasts ever, ever. They were in there when we started.
0:37.0	Brian Grushwood has spent the last 20 years performing on stage on TV, on the internet, of course,
0:41.6	and entertaining and teaching people how to harness the deceptive and self-deceptive skills of
0:46.7	scientists, spies, criminals, and con artists. But he's a great guy. Just take my word for it.
0:51.4	Of course, whether we're aware of it or not, these factors that we discuss today are the ones that
0:56.0	shape our perceptions of the world. And if you don't learn them, they can be used to manipulate you.
1:00.4	So, on this episode, we'll discover why being engaging isn't a gift, it's a practice. We'll
1:05.5	explore something called fixed action patterns and how they can help us get others to do what we
1:10.0	want them to do. Only for good things, of course, we'll learn how to control a conversation by
1:14.2	asking the right questions and we'll uncover the best way to convince someone to help us by making
1:20.1	it their idea. All this and more trickiness with Brian Grushwood here on AOC. Enjoy.
1:28.7	This interview only took I think nine years to set up, so we're good, right? We're good on that.
1:34.8	That's about right. Yeah. I mean, it might even be 10, but I think back then, I thought
1:39.6	I can never get somebody who's already on the internet to be on this show. That's like impossible.
1:43.8	Meanwhile, you guys are tearing it up. That's the idea, man, but we're glad to have you here, man.
1:47.5	You've spent the last 20 years performing, first of all, yeah, the internet, but TV, I've seen you,
1:53.3	I assume you do some stage shows or I know you do some stage shows. You've got this cool blend of
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