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Becoming Bulletproof
Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
Becoming Bulletproof means transforming yourself into a stronger, more confident, and more powerful person. Evy Poumpouras—former Secret Service agent to three presidents and one of only five women to receive the Medal of Valor—demonstrates how we can overcome our everyday fears, have difficult conversations, know who to trust and who might not have our best interests at heart, influence situations, and prepare for the unexpected. When you have become bulletproof, you are your best, most courageous, and most powerful version of you. Poumpouras shows us that ultimately true strength is found in the mind, not the body.
Courage involves facing our fears, but it is also about resilience, grit, and having a built-in BS detector and knowing how to use it. In Becoming Bulletproof, Poumpouras demonstrates how to heighten our natural instincts to employ all these qualities and move from fear to fearlessness.
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April 21, 2020 -
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- ISBN: 9781797100470
- File size: 297924 KB
- Duration: 10:20:40
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- English
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Publisher's Weekly
Starred review from March 2, 2020
In this illuminating debut, former Secret Service agent Poumpouras lays out a road map for ensuring one’s personal safety in any situation. Her advice is hard-won, garnered from stints in the New York Police Department and working in the security details of former presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Poumpouras proves she’s adept at self-protection as she counsels that fear (“and its crazy cousin, panic”) can paralyze even the most confident—and that facing it head-on is the key to becoming “bulletproof.” She divides her strategies into three topics: protection, reading people, and influence. The first illustrates the importance of mental resilience during fast-moving, dynamic situations and offers strategies for planning for all eventualities. She also gives tips on situational awareness, trusting intuition, and taking concrete steps to ensure personal safety. Part two gives readers tools for detecting lies and for how to read people while keeping one’s own emotions under control. Part three brings everything together, with advice on influencing (but not changing) people, earning respect, and harnessing the power of empathy. Poumpouras’s wise direction and actionable lessons will be relevant to audiences of all ages. Those looking for a shot of confidence will love this.
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