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Not at all greedy, I think greed has very little to do with it.

And that old saying can't fool an honest man. Totally, totally wrong.

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Today, one from the vault with my friend Maria Conocova, she always makes for an interesting episode. And this scam and con psychology stuff just activates the kid in me in some way.

We're talking about con games and influence. We'll explore our innate vulnerability to deception and persuasion and how all of us are actually vulnerable to deception and persuasion, whether we are aware of it, whether we agree with that or not.

And hey, if you haven't been conned already, chances are pretty darn good at some point you will. We'll also dive into not only our own inability to spot deception, but how to avoid getting scammed, how systems of belief work, how the nature of trust actually functions inside our mind, and we'll even reverse engineer some con strategies so that we can defend ourselves from scams and cons and be even more persuasive at home and at work.

So enjoy this episode from the vault with Maria Conocova.

So Maria, first of all, thanks for coming on the program. I really appreciate it. And I've read part of the new book, which is excellent. Tell us what you do in one sentence if you can.

I'm a writer and I like to delve into people's minds and try to figure out what motivates us and what makes us do the things that we do and explain it in a way that's accessible to everyone.

Great. And have you done that before?

I hope so.

Yes.

You have certainly tried it.

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