Former U.S. Navy behavioral training specialist · 2010s–present
Behavior profiling, made practical
About
He spent years training military and intelligence personnel in human behavior and influence — and is now considered one of the world's leading experts on reading people, persuasion, and behavioral profiling.
Signature moves
Comfort beats charm
People open up when they feel safe, not impressed.
Elicit, don't interrogate
A statement gets you more truth than a question.
Slow body, calm mind
Slower movement reads as authority — and trains your own state.
Videos
Your Inner Voice Is Fiction
Chase Hughes
Main idea
The difference between confident and unconfident people isn't what they hear in their head — it's whether they treat that voice as truth or fiction. Your critical inner voice was built when you were 8 or 9 to keep you safe. Recognizing it as an old survival script, not reality, is what changes everything.
Be the Most Comfortable Person in the Room
Chase Hughes
Main idea
Stop competing on status, looks, or confidence — compete on comfort. The simplest way to get there is to slow your body down. Move as if you're underwater. Fear speeds the body up; deliberate slowness signals control and disarms the people around you before you've said a word.
Get People Talking Without Asking Questions
Chase Hughes
Main idea
Elicitation is a CIA technique that uses statements instead of questions to get people to open up. Make a slightly wrong assumption, express disbelief, or say "I bet that was challenging" — and people will volunteer far more than they ever would if you'd just asked directly.