Espionage Expertise: Mastering Sales And Influence With Jeremy Hurewitz
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we sit down with Jeremy Hurewitz, the author of Sell Like a Spy: The Art of Persuasion from the World of Espionage and a policy advisor on National Security for the Joseph Rainey Center. Building his career around former CIA case officers, FBI agents, and other intelligence operatives, Jeremy is an espionage expert who believes that we can learn more about communication and the art of influence from spies – and use them to our advantage in real-life situations.
By tapping into his diverse background, Jeremey dives into corporate sales and security to teach us how to build relationships, persuade others, and sell anything. Are you ready to learn how to better connect, entice, and make deals in business and everyday life? Tune in now to sharpen your skills and equip yourself with the knowledge of a bonafide spy…
In this discussion, we cover:
- How Jeremy began his career as a corporate spy.
- Common misconceptions about the intelligence sector.
- Why CIA case officers are so good at connecting with people.
- The importance of listening to your instincts.
To learn more about Jeremy and the Sell Like a Spy program, click here!
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| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I guess today is very interesting. |
| 0:42.0 | Jeremy Heroitz, he's the author of Sell Like a Spy, |
| 0:46.0 | The Art of Persuasion from the world of Espionage. He's an espionage expert. |
| 0:50.5 | He believes that we can learn more about communication and the art of influence and, you know, in real life conversations from spies and from, you know, those kind of people that we only see perhaps a glimpse of in the movies. So welcome Jeremy, thanks for coming. |
| 1:03.3 | Yeah, thanks for having me Richard. |
| 1:04.3 | Great to be here. |
| 1:05.6 | Yeah, I'm sure you're going to have a very interesting background. |
| 1:07.6 | So let's start with that and how you got to the point |
| 1:09.6 | where you wanted to write this book. |
| 1:11.1 | Sure. |
| 1:11.6 | Well, I started my career overseas. college I went abroad with a backpack and a |
| 1:16.6 | guitar and I went to Europe I settled in Prague and I stayed there for seven years |
| 1:20.8 | and eventually moved on to Shanghai for another couple and I was |
| 1:25.1 | both a freelance journalist writing about just about everything but really |
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