Former Secret Service agent Evy Poumpouras spent over 12 years protecting Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton while mastering the art of reading people under life or death pressure. Her insight into human behavior goes beyond what most of us will ever need, but the principles she shares apply to every conversation, negotiation, and relationship you have. She reveals why most people fail at reading others because they’re looking for cookie cutter signals instead of understanding the individual in front of them. This episode strips away the Hollywood myths about lie detection and replaces them with real strategies you can use today. You’ll discover why your biggest advantage in any situation isn’t what you say, it’s how well you listen and adapt to the person across from you.
Former Secret Service Agent Reveals How to Read Anyone
"The more you fail, it means the more you're doing and the more you're putting yourself out there. When you don't fail, it means you're not doing anything."
And now let’s jump into episode 1852 of The School of Greatness!
Some Questions I Ask:
- What would be three questions if you could only ask three questions to a human being to figure out if they’re telling a lie or telling the truth?
- What are the social cues or psychological behaviors, body language responses that people have before you take the polygraph test to know whether or not they’re actually telling the truth?
- How do you build that trust without being present and more connected and touching?
- Was there ever a time when you were interviewing or interrogating someone and you didn’t believe them ever, but they were telling 100 percent the truth?
- How did you shift that mindset if you grew up in an environment of a fear-based, more protective, maybe fear-based mother, how did you shift from that and not have that?
- If someone listening or watching feels like they lack confidence in most areas of their life, what would you say is the way to overcome self-doubt and build confidence?
- What were the habits that you learned along the way from being around the presidents and in that space for ultimate success, fulfillment and happiness?
In this episode, you will learn:
- Discover why asking open-ended questions starting with tell me, explain, and describe gets people to reveal their truth without pressure
- Learn how to build instant authority and credibility by subtly taking control of small decisions in any interaction
- Understand why conditional trust protects you better than blindly believing everyone or suspecting everyone
- Master the art of not reacting when someone attacks you, because real toughness is self-control under fire
- Break free from indecisiveness and self-doubt by making your own choices and failing forward without asking everyone for permission
- Plus much more…
