Carlos Inspire Show

You've already been manipulated today. In Part 2 of the "Who's Running Your Life?" trilogy, Carlos Siqueira (Carlos Inspire) uses 20+ years on the selling side of the table, and over $1B in revenue helped generated for Fortune 50 companies, to expose the six persuasion levers pulled on you every day.Every lever comes with the study behind it: Ellen Langer's 1978 "because" copy-machine experiment, Tversky and Kahneman's rigged wheel of fortune, Freedman and Fraser's foot-in-the-door yard signs, Worchel's cookie jars, the restaurant mint tipping study, and Cialdini's hotel towel experiment. Then Carlos shows why you can't rely on spotting liars (a 2006 meta-analysis put human accuracy at 54%) and gives you a three-move defense protocol.In this episode:The difference between persuasion and manipulationThe six levers: because, the anchor, the small yes, scarcity, the gift, and everybody elseWhy reading faces fails, and why reading levers worksThe defense protocol: name it, the 24-hour rule, and flipping the questionThe one test for anyone selling you anythingSources mentioned: Langer, Blank & Chanowitz (1978). Tversky & Kahneman (1974). Freedman & Fraser (1966). Worchel, Lee & Adewole (1975). Strohmetz et al. (2002). Goldstein, Cialdini & Griskevicius (2008). Bond & DePaulo (2006). Lieberman et al. (2007).Next week, the finale: "You Were Programmed to Stay Broke."  💰 What happens to your portfolio the next time the market drops 30%?With the right strategy, the answer is: nothing changes. Tax-advantaged growth. Tax-free transfer to the people you love. Downside protected, by design — not by luck.👉 DisruptorsCode.com📩 [email protected] — confirm we're licensed to work with you in your state before booking 🎙️ Got a story worth telling? Or a brand that wants to grow while feeding people?We're booking guests and episode sponsors — every sponsor dollar goes straight to hunger relief.📩 [email protected] — Subject: Podcast Interview ❤️ This show runs on one rule: every episode should feed someone, not just entertain them.One book buys real meals for real people.📖 Work Like An ImmigrantAmazon → worklikeanimmigrant.comGoogle Audio → https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAAAECSu1r72M 📱 The best stuff never makes the episode. Get it first.Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/carlosinspireTikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspireLinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspiresWebsite → https://www.carlosinspire.com/ 🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training📧 [email protected]→ https://www.carlosinspire.com/ ⚠️ Disclaimer:Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a commission at no cost to you. This content is educational only and is not tax, legal, financial, or insurance advice. I'm a Wealth Strategist and licensed insurance professional, though not licensed in all 50 states — strategies and availability vary by state, so confirm licensing in yours by emailing [email protected] before taking action. Always consult your own CPA, attorney, or licensed advisor before making financial decisions. I'm sharing what's worked for me and the people I serve; results vary. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Somebody at your company is already doing your job, and it never sleeps. In Part 1 of the "Who's Running Your Life?" trilogy, Carlos Siqueira (Carlos Inspire) goes after the biggest fear in the workplace right now: AI.This isn't another doom episode. Carlos walks through what the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025 actually projects (92 million jobs displaced and 170 million created by 2030), and why 39% of core skills changing is the number that matters. Then he breaks down the Harvard Business School and BCG "jagged frontier" study, where AI made the best consultants dramatically better and made blind trusters measurably worse.From selling bread on the streets of Brazil at 7 to helping generate over $1B in revenue for Fortune 50 companies, Carlos explains why three human skills get more valuable as AI spreads: accountability, reading the room, and orchestration.In this episode:Why AI replaces people who stopped growing, not jobsThe second half of the Harvard and BCG study nobody talks aboutThe A-and-H task audit you can do in 2 minutesThe 30-day plan: audit, automate one task, reinvest the time, show your workWhy "later" is the most expensive word you'll ever saySources mentioned: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025. Dell'Acqua et al., "Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier," Harvard Business School working paper (2023). Microsoft and LinkedIn, 2024 Work Trend Index.Next week, Part 2: the six persuasion tricks being used on you every day. 💰 What happens to your portfolio the next time the market drops 30%?With the right strategy, the answer is: nothing changes. Tax-advantaged growth. Tax-free transfer to the people you love. Downside protected, by design — not by luck.👉 DisruptorsCode.com📩 [email protected] — confirm we're licensed to work with you in your state before booking 🎙️ Got a story worth telling? Or a brand that wants to grow while feeding people?We're booking guests and episode sponsors — every sponsor dollar goes straight to hunger relief.📩 [email protected] — Subject: Podcast Interview ❤️ This show runs on one rule: every episode should feed someone, not just entertain them.One book buys real meals for real people.📖 Work Like An ImmigrantAmazon → worklikeanimmigrant.comGoogle Audio → https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAAAECSu1r72M 📱 The best stuff never makes the episode. Get it first.Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/carlosinspireTikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspireLinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspiresWebsite → https://www.carlosinspire.com/ 🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training📧 [email protected]→ https://www.carlosinspire.com/ ⚠️ Disclaimer:Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a commission at no cost to you. This content is educational only and is not tax, legal, financial, or insurance advice. I'm a Wealth Strategist and licensed insurance professional, though not licensed in all 50 states — strategies and availability vary by state, so confirm licensing in yours by emailing [email protected] before taking action. Always consult your own CPA, attorney, or licensed advisor before making financial decisions. I'm sharing what's worked for me and the people I serve; results vary. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Real influence isn't loud. It's rooted.In this episode, Carlos breaks down six techniques for commanding presence in any room — pulled from Hollywood acting coach Jean-Louis Rodrigue (Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie) and Robert Greene's work on power and seduction, then tested against Carlos's own 20+ years training sales teams and keynoting stages.What you'll learn:Why rooting your body before you speak changes how a room reads youThe pause that does more seducing than your words ever willWhy "revealing" beats "selling" every timeThe 70/20/10 rule and how your body talks before you doWhy collapse under pressure is a choice, not a reflexRobert Greene's "say less than necessary" — and why sound doesn't project, it reverberatesWhere are your feet the next time you walk into the room that decides your future? Rooted, or performing? 💰 What happens to your portfolio the next time the market drops 30%?With the right strategy, the answer is: nothing changes. Tax-advantaged growth. Tax-free transfer to the people you love. Downside protected, by design — not by luck.👉 DisruptorsCode.com📩 [email protected] — confirm we're licensed to work with you in your state before booking 🎙️ Got a story worth telling? Or a brand that wants to grow while feeding people?We're booking guests and episode sponsors — every sponsor dollar goes straight to hunger relief.📩 [email protected] — Subject: Podcast Interview ❤️ This show runs on one rule: every episode should feed someone, not just entertain them.One book buys real meals for real people.📖 Work Like An ImmigrantAmazon → worklikeanimmigrant.comGoogle Audio → https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAAAECSu1r72M 📱 The best stuff never makes the episode. Get it first.Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/carlosinspireTikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspireLinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspiresWebsite → https://www.carlosinspire.com/ 🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training📧 [email protected]→ https://www.carlosinspire.com/ ⚠️ Disclaimer:Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a commission at no cost to you. This content is educational only and is not tax, legal, financial, or insurance advice. I'm a Wealth Strategist and licensed insurance professional, though not licensed in all 50 states — strategies and availability vary by state, so confirm licensing in yours by emailing [email protected] before taking action. Always consult your own CPA, attorney, or licensed advisor before making financial decisions. I'm sharing what's worked for me and the people I serve; results vary. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Would you let an AI agent spend your money? Carlos examines three real incidents and asks where useful delegation needs firm limits.The episode covers PocketOS and Railway's recovery, the public-wiki agent activity, and the RubyGems investigation. It also puts Dario Amodei's September 12, 2026 essay in context. Research findings, company acknowledgements, and unresolved questions are distinguished throughout.Take one existing workflow and check: what can it access, what can it change, what requires approval, and what happens if something goes wrong?Carlos mentions DisruptorsCode.com, the life-insurance and legacy-planning business discussed in the episode. For a conversation, email [email protected] to confirm state availability first. General education; not individualized financial, insurance, tax, or legal advice. Suitability and coverage depend on circumstances and policy terms. No protection against AI mistakes is represented.Timestamps:00:00 Would you give AI your credit card?01:32 PocketOS: access beyond the task03:17 The wiki agents and the human moderator05:44 Host-business message06:15 RubyGems: the goal and the method07:39 Dario's proposal08:51 Where I would draw the line10:14 One workflow to examine this week11:06 The responsibility stays with us 💰 What happens to your portfolio the next time the market drops 30%?With the right strategy, the answer is: nothing changes. Tax-advantaged growth. Tax-free transfer to the people you love. Downside protected, by design — not by luck.👉 DisruptorsCode.com📩 [email protected] — confirm we're licensed to work with you in your state before booking 🎙️ Got a story worth telling? Or a brand that wants to grow while feeding people?We're booking guests and episode sponsors — every sponsor dollar goes straight to hunger relief.📩 [email protected] — Subject: Podcast Interview ❤️ This show runs on one rule: every episode should feed someone, not just entertain them.One book buys real meals for real people.📖 Work Like An ImmigrantAmazon → worklikeanimmigrant.comGoogle Audio → https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAAAECSu1r72M 📱 The best stuff never makes the episode. Get it first.Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/carlosinspireTikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspireLinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspiresWebsite → https://www.carlosinspire.com/ 🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training📧 [email protected]→ https://www.carlosinspire.com/ ⚠️ Disclaimer:Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a commission at no cost to you. This content is educational only and is not tax, legal, financial, or insurance advice. I'm a Wealth Strategist and licensed insurance professional, though not licensed in all 50 states — strategies and availability vary by state, so confirm licensing in yours by emailing [email protected] before taking action. Always consult your own CPA, attorney, or licensed advisor before making financial decisions. I'm sharing what's worked for me and the people I serve; results vary. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ed Zitron just told Steven Bartlett that generative AI is "a con" — and he's got the numbers to back it up. Fifty-five billion in real industry revenue against four hundred billion in capex spend this year. Carlos doesn't pick a side. Instead, he breaks the debate down from inside enterprise tech sales, where he watches AI deals get scrutinized in real boardrooms every week, then pivots into the question that matters more than who's right about the bubble: is AI getting smarter while we get lazier? Question everything, trust no one — including whichever side of this argument you already picked.  💰 What happens to your portfolio the next time the market drops 30%?With the right strategy, the answer is: nothing changes. Tax-advantaged growth. Tax-free transfer to the people you love. Downside protected, by design — not by luck.👉 DisruptorsCode.com📩 [email protected] — confirm we're licensed to work with you in your state before booking 🎙️ Got a story worth telling? Or a brand that wants to grow while feeding people?We're booking guests and episode sponsors — every sponsor dollar goes straight to hunger relief.📩 [email protected] — Subject: Podcast Interview ❤️ This show runs on one rule: every episode should feed someone, not just entertain them.One book buys real meals for real people.📖 Work Like An ImmigrantAmazon → worklikeanimmigrant.comGoogle Audio → https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAAAECSu1r72M 📱 The best stuff never makes the episode. Get it first.Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/carlosinspireTikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspireLinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspiresWebsite → https://www.carlosinspire.com/ 🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training📧 [email protected]→ https://www.carlosinspire.com/ ⚠️ Disclaimer:Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a commission at no cost to you. This content is educational only and is not tax, legal, financial, or insurance advice. I'm a Wealth Strategist and licensed insurance professional, though not licensed in all 50 states — strategies and availability vary by state, so confirm licensing in yours by emailing [email protected] before taking action. Always consult your own CPA, attorney, or licensed advisor before making financial decisions. I'm sharing what's worked for me and the people I serve; results vary. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.