The Diary of a CEOPoumpouras: How being offended makes you easy to manipulate
Through Secret Service polygrapher training, learn to detect lying; audit your environment, drive your own decisions, and trust intuition over consensus.
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- February 24, 2025
- Duration
- 2h 38m
- Channel
- The Diary of a CEO
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
She was trained to read minds, spot lies, and face danger - here’s what former Secret Service Agent Evy Poumpouras learned from protecting the world’s most powerful leaders. 00:00 Intro 02:02 What Is Evy Doing for People? 03:31 What Do People Come to Evy For? 03:54 People Sabotage Themselves 05:26 Lie Detecting 06:50 How Do We Start to Become Mentally Strong? 09:20 The People You Associate With Can Impact You 12:23 Observe Your Opponent, Don't Listen to Them 16:11 How Does Steven Pick People? 22:00 Living Fearlessly 24:18 Making Decisions Will Increase Your Confidence 28:30 How to Stop Others From Controlling Your Life 34:45 Making Decisions 36:50 How to Make Progress in Your Life or Career 40:00 Reliving Your Pains Makes You Feel High 43:13 Sexism in the Secret Service 51:54 How to Make Rational Decisions 56:57 What to Do When People Are Not Treating You Well 01:01:49 Being Bullied in a Work Environment 01:08:03 What I Learned About Bullies as a Secret Agent 01:12:48 How to Stop Being Prey for a Predator 01:20:33 Can Someone's Life Be Determined by the Way They Speak? 01:22:23 Ads 01:23:22 The Importance of Gesticulating With Your Hands 01:27:57 Can You Fake Your Body Language? 01:36:17 What's Step 1 to Becoming That Person When I'm Not? 01:42:04 Do You Have to Go Through Difficult Times to Learn? 01:47:00 The Hack of Knowing You're Not Special or the Only One 02:00:47 Ads 02:02:51 People Don't Want to Be Victims Anymore 02:07:41 Should We Make People Like Us? 02:09:32 The Importance of Being Authentic 02:11:39 Why Rejection Is the Way to Resilience 02:14:08 The Four Communication Styles 02:25:20 Emotion in the Police Workforce 02:27:29 Switching Styles During Interviews 02:35:02 What Do You Want Your Legacy To Be You can purchase Evy’s book, ‘Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, Live Fearlessly’, here: https://amzn.to/3D43y0O Evy’s BBC Maestro Course - https://bit.ly/43dx1zZ Follow Evy: Instagram - https://bit.ly/4gU6Pxo Twitter - https://bit.ly/4hJDgzW Website - https://bit.ly/4hHHQia Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@evypoumpourasofficial My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACBook You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Linkedin Jobs - https://www.linkedin.com/doac PerfectTed - https://www.perfectted.com with code STEVEN40 for 40% off Vanta - https://vanta.com/steven
SPEAKERS
Evy Poumpouras
guestSteven Bartlett
hostNarrator
other
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Evy Poumpouras and Steven Bartlett, Poumpouras: How being offended makes you easy to manipulate explores secret Agent Reveals Mental Armor: Stop Reacting, Start Truly Leading Former Secret Service agent and NYPD officer Evy Poumpouras explains how emotional self‑control, environment design, and communication mastery make you far harder to manipulate or victimize.
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