The Billion Dollar Advantage

CIA steals secrets the same way billionaires build wealth. Greetings Everyday Spy, CIA steals secrets the same way billionaires build wealth. They take action. There isn’t a lot of thought. There is only as much planning as is absolutely needed. There is always risk, but the reward always outweighs the risk. Spies call it the ‘action advantage’ - the advantage that comes from taking action while everyone else is busy NOT taking action. Because they are distracted by chores, fears, or other mental hurdles. I got a phone call recently from a friend who made it to the second round of a major job interview. To complete the second round, my friend was tasked to create several pieces of new, original marketing content. The guidelines were ambiguous, the timeline extremely challenging, and the intended outcome was unclear. He called me because in the middle of creating the assigned content pieces, my friend felt like he should stop, call the interviewer, and pitch them on taking the company in a totally new marketing direction! It was clear to me immediately that the job interview process was designed to test him for two predictable outcomes: 1) self-destruction, or 2) self-distraction. It was the ‘action advantage’ in real-time, happening to my friend, on the phone with me as I walked the kids through the grocery store. My friend’s marketing ideas might be totally valid, but it wasn’t what the interviewer asked him to deliver. And besides, any valid ideas he had would STILL BE VALID after he delivered the tasks at hand and blew away his competition. So I told him the cold hard truth. - The ambiguous guidelines and tight timeline were intentionally designed to see if he could deliver with high quality and no supervision on-time. - The unclear outcome was intended to ‘test’ him to either self-destruct (aka: fail to meet the task) or self-distract (aka: convince himself something else was more important). - By calling me, he had just shown that he deserved to fail the interview process... but now he had the chance to learn from his errors, fix them, and rock the second round of deliverables now! The most elite operators in the world recognize that ACTION is rarer and more valuable than brains, talent, beauty, or money. It’s why highly-trained CIA operatives are some of the humblest people you’ll ever meet. It’s why billionaires can sit down with you for a cup of coffee and you’d never know their wealth. And it’s why high-income jobs in today’s high-demand world always build in ‘tests’ for interviewees to either self-destruct or self-distract. Godspeed, #EverydaySpy P.S. - [You can use proven spy tactics to turn influence into]( income right now with an unbreakable guarantee… there is no better time than now to get started with Workplace Dominance!]( Follow @EverydaySpy on Social Media! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( Andrew Bustamante, Founder of EverydaySpy.com, is a former covert CIA Intelligence officer, decorated US Air Force Combat Veteran, and respected Fortune 500 senior advisor. Learn more from Andrew on his Podcast (The Everyday Espionage Podcast) and by following @EverydaySpy on your favorite social media platform. This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Don't want to receive these emails anymore? [Unsubscribe]( EverydaySpy, 411 Walnut St. #20309, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043