Carlos Inspire Show

It's 3 AM and you're replaying a conversation that hasn't happened yet. In the first episode of REWIRE, Carlos Siqueira shows how to stop overthinking by naming the three traps behind it, with the real stories that taught him each one.
The Assumption Trap: the job he almost turned down over a guess, where he went on to make his first million
The Comfort Trap: the Miami move Uncle Fred talked him into, and the wife he almost never met
The Delay Trap: why his mother's decision to leave Brazil saved his life
The 3-Trap Test: find out which trap is yours
Overthinking in the AI era: asking AI 50 times isn't research
The one question that ends overthinking in 60 seconds



💰 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
📩 info@carlosinspire.com — 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.
📩 info@carlosinspireshow.com — 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 Immigrant
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Google Audio → https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAAAECSu1r72M

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⚠️ 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 info@carlosinspire.com 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.

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You're not broke because you're lazy. You're loyal to a script. In the finale of the "Who's Running Your Life?" trilogy, Carlos Siqueira (Carlos Inspire) goes after the most powerful manipulator in your life: the voice in your head that sounds exactly like you.
Starting from his own script, written on the streets of Brazil selling bread at 7, Carlos walks through what the research actually supports. That includes Wendy Wood's finding that about 43% of daily behavior is habitual, Brad Klontz's four money scripts, and the 2013 study in Science showing that financial scarcity measurably impaired farmers' reasoning. Then he lays out the 66-day rewrite protocol, built on reappraisal, if-then planning (Gollwitzer & Sheeran's meta-analysis of 94 studies), and University College London's habit-formation research.
In this episode:
Why your money habits run on autopilot
The four money scripts: avoidance, worship, status and vigilance
How scarcity taxes your mind, and the loop that follows
The three-sentence exercise that reveals your script
The 66-day rewrite: name it, write the new line, install an if-then, and never miss two
Why the real payoff is the script your kids inherit
Sources mentioned: Wood, Quinn & Kashy (2002). Klontz et al. (2011). Mani, Mullainathan, Shafir & Zhao, Science (2013). Gross, emotion regulation research. Gollwitzer & Sheeran (2006). Lally et al., European Journal of Social Psychology (2009).
This episode is for education and inspiration. It is not financial, medical or psychological advice.



💰 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
📩 info@carlosinspire.com — 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.
📩 info@carlosinspireshow.com — 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 Immigrant
Amazon → worklikeanimmigrant.com
Google 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/carlosinspire
TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspire
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/
YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspires
Website → https://www.carlosinspire.com/

🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?
Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training
📧 info@carlosinspire.com
→ 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 info@carlosinspire.com 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.

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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 manipulation
The six levers: because, the anchor, the small yes, scarcity, the gift, and everybody else
Why reading faces fails, and why reading levers works
The defense protocol: name it, the 24-hour rule, and flipping the question
The one test for anyone selling you anything
Sources 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
📩 info@carlosinspire.com — 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.
📩 info@carlosinspireshow.com — 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 Immigrant
Amazon → worklikeanimmigrant.com
Google 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/carlosinspire
TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspire
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/
YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspires
Website → https://www.carlosinspire.com/

🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?
Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training
📧 info@carlosinspire.com
→ 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 info@carlosinspire.com 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.

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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 jobs
The second half of the Harvard and BCG study nobody talks about
The A-and-H task audit you can do in 2 minutes
The 30-day plan: audit, automate one task, reinvest the time, show your work
Why "later" is the most expensive word you'll ever say
Sources 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
📩 info@carlosinspire.com — 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.
📩 info@carlosinspireshow.com — 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 Immigrant
Amazon → worklikeanimmigrant.com
Google 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/carlosinspire
TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspire
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/
YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspires
Website → https://www.carlosinspire.com/

🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?
Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training
📧 info@carlosinspire.com
→ 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 info@carlosinspire.com 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.

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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 you
The pause that does more seducing than your words ever will
Why "revealing" beats "selling" every time
The 70/20/10 rule and how your body talks before you do
Why collapse under pressure is a choice, not a reflex
Robert Greene's "say less than necessary" — and why sound doesn't project, it reverberates
Where 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
📩 info@carlosinspire.com — 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.
📩 info@carlosinspireshow.com — 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 Immigrant
Amazon → worklikeanimmigrant.com
Google 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/carlosinspire
TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@carlosinspire
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossiqueira/
YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@carlosinspires
Website → https://www.carlosinspire.com/

🎯 Want Carlos in your room instead of your earbuds?
Speaking | Coaching | Sales Training
📧 info@carlosinspire.com
→ 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 info@carlosinspire.com 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.