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May 2023
1h 20m

Life Skills for Success and Fulfillment ...

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
About this episode

Evy Poumpouras is a former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, co-host of Bravo TV’s competition series Spy Games, and author of the best-selling book Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, Live Fearlessly. During her time as a United States Secret Service Special Agent, Evy was considered one of the agency’s elite interview and interrogation experts. Evy holds a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology as well as a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University. She teaches Criminal Justice and Criminology as an Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York and Leadership and Negotiation at the Athens University of Economics and Business.

 

In this episode we discuss:

  • How to build courage and make tough choices.
  • Why it’s important to serve humanity and leave behind a legacy.
  • How to read people and question them.
  • What real power and strength in difficult situations looks like.

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