Spies are taught all kinds of tricks that could come in handy one day, like how to ‘influence’ anyone you want. Former covert CIA intelligence officer Andrew Bustamante has shared exactly how to influence someone in just a few simple steps. Spy trick to ‘influence’ peopleSpeaking on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast, he said you first need to understand the difference between influence and persuasion. “Persuasion is what happens when you actively put energy into changing someone’s mind or getting someone to take a certain action,” he said. However, influence is “what you have when you’r…