Former FBI Agent: If They Do This Please RUN! Narcissists Favourite Trick To Control You! They're Controlling You Like A Puppet!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Former FBI agent Joe Navarro reveals the body language mistakes silently destroying your success, and how to fix them today. Joe Navarro is a former FBI special agent and internationally renowned expert in nonverbal communication, human behavior, and body language. He is also the bestselling author of over 15 books, including ‘Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart’. He explains: The body language trick FBI agents use to gain instant control How to read any room and decode hidden emotions like a pro The silent body language habits sabotaging your confidence The negotiation techniques used by FBI agents - and how to master them How to spot liars and manipulators through subtle body language cues 00:00 Intro 02:25 Who Are You and What Have You Spent Your Life Working On? 04:30 What Is It You're Giving People? 07:16 How Would My Life Change If I Applied Your Knowledge? 11:13 Your Career 12:01 Behavioral Program at the FBI 15:01 Have You Caught Spies? 22:08 Story of Catching a Spy Using Flowers 26:42 How Many People Could Be Spies Walking Among Us? 29:16 Is Body Language Important? 34:43 First Impressions 37:33 How Do We Synchronize With Someone? 44:15 Eyebrow Knitting 46:08 Eyelid Touching 49:45 What Do Our Lips Give Away? 51:14 The Supersternal Notch 55:54 How Do We Negotiate? 1:02:49 Writing Down the Goal of Your Negotiation 1:06:51 Taking Control of a Situation 1:11:07 When Should We Walk Into Rooms? 1:15:09 Why Does Height Matter When Speaking to Someone? 1:20:25 What Clues in Someone’s Posture Should We Look For? 1:26:00 The Importance of Observing 1:27:42 Can You Train Confidence? 1:31:59 Don’t Rise at the End of a Sentence 1:34:20 Speaking in Cadence 1:36:31 Hand Gestures 1:38:12 Eye Contact 1:39:40 What to Do When Greeting People 1:42:59 Should We Be Taking Notes? 1:46:07 Handshakes 1:48:42 Behaviors You Wouldn’t Want From a Leader 1:49:34 Self-Mastery 1:51:52 The Importance of Taking Action 1:53:22 Observation 1:53:42 Psychological Comfort 1:57:59 How to Spot a Narcissist 2:04:07 Narcissism and Self-Belief 2:06:02 How Has Seeing All of This Changed You as a Human? 2:11:22 Is There a Proudest Day in Your Career? 2:13:10 The Importance of Connecting 2:14:53 What Do People Say They Like About You? Follow Joe: Instagram - https://g2ul0.app.link/mEIBxWMqESb Twitter - https://g2ul0.app.link/2r4SCkOqESb Body Language Academy - https://g2ul0.app.link/xDCgWDRqESb You can purchase Joe Navarro’s book ‘Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart’, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/gbRf5uWqESb The 1% Diary is back – limited time only: https://bit.ly/1-Diary-Megaphone-ad-r… The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb Get email updates: https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt Think like a CEO – join the 100 CEOs newsletter: https://bit.ly/100-ceos-newsletter Follow Steven: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Shopify - https://shopify.com/bartlett Perfect Ted - https://www.perfectted.com with code DIARY40 for 40% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was in the FBI for 25 years.
0:03.0	I have sat with spies and enemies of this country,
0:06.0	and I learned a lot about human behaviors.
0:08.0	Imagine being able to read other people and circumstances faster.
0:12.0	It gives you a tremendous advantage in your life.
0:15.0	I want to hear everything.
0:17.0	So one of the first things I teach is...
0:19.0	Joe Navarro is a former FBI agent turned world-renowned body language expert.
0:23.5	He helps people decode body language to improve communication, trust, and influence.
0:28.4	One of the things that I found in negotiations is we as humans communicate quite a lot with our
0:34.0	faces. For instance, we push this together when we don't understand something.
0:38.5	And then the minute we hear something we don't like,
0:40.9	blood actually begins to lead the lips,
0:43.1	and then we begin to tighten them.
0:45.0	Another behavior is that when there's
0:46.9	lack of confidence, insecurities, people immediately.
0:50.7	So once we understand these behaviors,
0:53.4	you can take command of any situation.
0:56.3	Confidence. Is this something that you're born with? Or do you think confidence can be trained?
1:00.3	It can absolutely be trained. So the FBI actually teach confidence. And there's a lot of strategies.
1:06.5	One of them is the most powerful gesture that we can use and you see Musk do this a lot.
1:11.3	But what I tell people is that the easiest way to learn confidence is to...
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