Evy Poumpouras: Trust Your Instincts & The Hidden Power of First Impressions | EP 840

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

"Dark colors project lethality. If I'm put together, then the bad guy who's looking to do something is going to think twice. It means this person woke up, they ironed their suit, they combed their hair, they shined their shoes - they've got it together." - Evy Poumpouras Former Secret Service agent Evy Poumpouras pulls back the curtain on the subtle yet powerful ways we read and respond to others in any environment. Drawing from her extensive experience protecting presidents, she shares profound insights about trusting your instincts when something feels "off" about someone. Poumpouras breaks down how energy alignment and behavioral cues can reveal crucial information about a person's intentions and character, emphasizing the importance of honoring our intuitive signals. Building on her years of high-stakes security experience, Poumpouras reveals the strategic significance of personal presentation and its impact on professional success. She offers fascinating insights into Secret Service protocols, explaining how everything from suit color to shoe shine communicates competence, authority, and readiness. Her unique perspective illuminates the psychology behind first impressions and demonstrates how physical appearance serves as a powerful tool for building trust and commanding respect in any professional setting.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:12.4	What is it you think that is in someone when we meet them at an event or someone's partner or whatever it might be, that we feel like something is off inside of them.
0:23.3	What is it that energy that is off that we're reading?
0:26.8	It's the signal is something is off with this person.
0:30.1	Boom, right there.
0:30.9	That's it.
0:31.4	I got it.
0:32.1	Now, it's you trying to figure out what it is.
0:34.9	If you want to sit and figure out what it is usually you can tell
0:38.4	and you just gave me examples because you felt it you've met somebody and you felt the energies off
0:43.5	and maybe in a scenario they're thinking you're talking to them and they're clearly at some like big
0:49.1	agent event or something or big event and they're they're sizing up the room to see who else they can
0:53.8	talk to instead of really building a connection with you so you already know most people we don't trust
1:01.1	ourselves and this is where respect comes in and trust comes in how about you trust yourself we're so
1:07.2	focused on the outside world trust comes within so if it feels off trust yourself that I feel off for a reason and pay attention.
1:15.2	They're going to show you what it is.
1:17.6	They're going to show you what it is.
1:19.7	There's a saying from Greek mythology was from Odysseus.
1:24.8	And he said, don't listen to your opponent. Look at them.
1:28.3	It will tell you everything.
1:30.3	Just sit back and watch the behavior.
1:33.3	I can't tell you how many people have come across.
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