An Undercover Cop’s Tips on How to Influence Others and Navigate Life

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

It’s not uncommon for former law enforcement officers and intelligence agents to write self-help books where they share how the lessons they learned in their professional careers can apply to people in any walk of life. What is rare is for one of these officers-turned-authors to publicly prove they know what they’re talking about and that their tips work, as Derrick Levasseur did by winning the reality show Big Brother. Derrick is a former undercover detective, current private investigator, and the author of The Undercover Edge: Find Your Hidden Strengths, Learn to Adapt, and Build the Confidence to Win Life’s Game. Today on the show, Derrick shares how he became an undercover police officer, what he learned from that job, how he applied those lessons on Big Brother, and how you can use similar techniques to influence others, know when someone is lying, and bounce back from adversity.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. It's not uncommon for
0:12.5	former law enforcement officers and intelligence agents to write self-help books where they
0:16.2	share how the lessons they learned in the professional careers can apply to people in any
0:20.1	walk of life.
0:22.7	What is rare is for one of these officers turned authors to publicly prove they know
0:24.7	what they're talking about and that their tips work
0:26.7	as Derek Olvasor did by winning the reality
0:28.8	show Big Brother.
0:30.4	Derek is a former undercover detective,
0:32.4	current private investigator, and the author of
0:34.6	The Undercover Edge. Find your hidden
0:36.6	strengths, learn to adapt, and build the confidence to win life's Edge. Find your hidden strengths, learn to adapt,
0:38.5	and build the confidence to win life's game.
0:41.1	Today in the show, Derek shares how he became an undercover police officer,
0:44.4	what he learned from that job,
0:45.8	how he applied those lessons on Big Brother,
0:48.0	and how you can use similar techniques to influence others,
0:50.5	know when someone's lying, and bounce back from adversity.
0:53.6	After the show's over, check at our show notes at
0:55.2	AIM. I.S. slash undercover.
1:07.6	All right, Derek Lavasher, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me, Brett. So you've had a really interesting career, and I want to talk about this because you wrote a book about it and you provide some lessons to just regular people from your career.
1:22.3	You started working for the police at a really young age.
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