728: Maria Konnikova | The Confidence Game

728: Maria Konnikova | The Confidence Game

Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) shows us how we can defend ourselves against would-be con artists and use the same principles for more benign purposes in her book The Confidence Game. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!]

What We Discuss with Maria Konnikova:
  • As it turns out, you can fool an honest man. But cynics — by their own overconfidence in being savvy and “scamproof” — are just as susceptible to deception.
  • Technology and the abundance of information most of us freely surrender to the Internet makes the con artist’s job easier than ever before.
  • What type of person becomes a con artist?
  • How can we avoid getting scammed?
  • How belief works, why we over-believe in some things (even when we have no evidence for them), and how this plays into our susceptibility to deception.
  • And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/728

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52: Cal Fussman | How to Ask Big Questions for Big Answers

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50: Feedback Friday | How to Handle Someone with Terrible Manners

50: Feedback Friday | How to Handle Someone with Terrible Manners

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49: Alex Banayan | Why Mentors Are Important and How to Get One

49: Alex Banayan | Why Mentors Are Important and How to Get One

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48: Nir Eyal | How to Manage Distraction in a Digital Age

Nir Eyal (@nireyal) helps teams design more engaging products as demonstrated in his book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, and shows us how we can break away from the distraction of this e...

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47: Feedback Friday | How to Set Boundaries and Stop People Pleasing

47: Feedback Friday | How to Set Boundaries and Stop People Pleasing

Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Jason (@jpdef) are back to banter every week and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday on The Jordan Harbinger Show! If you want us to answer your question...

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46: Fab Morvan | How to Persevere in the Wake of Scandal

46: Fab Morvan | How to Persevere in the Wake of Scandal

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