Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

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The book opens with her in the World Trade Center on 9/11, which she uses as an example of how training can come to the fore in a life and death situation. Disfruta escuchando títulos sin límite cada mes y todos los podcast de Audible Original que quieras. Still, this book is rich in valuable content for those whose relationships are largely conducted in the technological realm. 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. For example, if a prospective boss asks you to hold their cup of coffee, he or she is priming you to have a good interview.

And this is what I mentioned before: the book is too varied, lacking a clear focus: the reader at some point gets lost, he doesn't know if this is self-help or a fitness written class. I still had no idea what was happening, but as the devastation continued unabated, the realization came to me, both fast and slow, that I was going to die. In The Discipline of Perception, Ryan Holiday explains how our perception of reality can affect our ability to identify problems and overcome obstacles: When you let your emotions or ego control the way you see the world, you give more power to them and let them control your life. This book is rich with the patois of the self-help genre – attitude, positivity, taking ownership, accepting responsibility, never giving up. Of more interest, for me, anyway, is Poumpouras’s descriptions of preparations that are needed to make sure that this or that venue or travel route is safe for the VIP du jour, whether that be a member of the administration (or their families) or a foreign dignitary.Following that, however, the writing style starts resonating and feels more authentic rather than taking away from what author trying to convey.

Although maintaining a certain degree of optimism is a helpful mental attribute, Evy Poumpouras argues in Becoming Bulletproof that accepting the reality of a situation is even more important to coping with it resiliently. Self-help books really aren’t my thang, but my best friend gave me this book so I wanted to read it right away.Even when I could no longer hear the sound of my own voice, even when my face and mouth filled with dust and ash, I kept my eyes open and prayed. Ha, I had thought it was a permanent condition, something you were born with; nice to learn it’s temporary. Evy is also the recipient of the Valor Award - the Secret Service's highest honor for her acts of heroism on September 11th.

I pushed it against the wall, crawled underneath, and pulled my knees to my chest to make myself into a smaller target.Ms Poumpouras is a former secret service agent (and a trained policewoman) very proud of her career. Becoming Bulletproof will introduce this curriculum to you - and, yes, provide you a small safety net as you begin to test those waters. Shortform note: Though Poumpouras claims there are only two universally recognized innate fears, there is evidence other fears are with us from birth. Si tu cuenta está en pausa dejarás de tener acceso a los títulos del catálogo ilimitado que estuvieses escuchando hasta que reanudes tu suscripción, pero podrás seguir escuchando los audiolibros que hayas comprado individualmente. Looking back on it now, I thought that I had been brave by keeping my eyes open and facing death head-on, but in hindsight it probably wasn’t the smartest idea, exposing myself to all that heat and ash.

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. Becoming Bulletproof means transforming yourself into a stronger, more confident, and more powerful person. It does not take a career in law enforcement to come up with some conclusions about which of these people she esteems more than others. Then she drops some philosophical pointers here and there (her Greek ascendancy comes quite useful in this department). You can respond in such ways because, when met with danger, the body releases hormones that produce physiological responses to prepare you to deal with a threat.Unable to reconcile the sound we had heard with the destruction confronting us, my mind immediately sought out a mundane explanation. I've learnt so much and intend to start applying more changes for good because of the knowledge you've shared. Rather, “a violent strike to the groin, a swift kick to the shin, a hard punch to the throat, or jamming a finger in the eye” are better choices—“ to move and strike in such a way to shock the attacker and give [yourself] time to run. Since there was no way to get out through the front doors, we used the side doors and ran as fast as we could toward the main entrance of the North Tower as burning metal relentlessly thundered down from above. Barring these initial few pages and a few inbetween, the book is written in a good personable manner with some very useful advice.