Secret Agent Evy Poumpouras: How to Read Anyone and Never Get Taken Advantage Of

BigDeal

Codie Sanchez

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

4.8 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Want a powerful tool that doesn’t cost a fortune? Omnisend has everything you need to scale your store - for a fraction of the price. Click here to start for free! Credit: Evy’s BBC Maestro course ‘The Art of Influence’ can be found HERE. In this engaging conversation, Evy Poumpouras, a former Secret Service agent, shares her insights on influence, negotiation, and the importance of setting boundaries in both personal and professional relationships. She discusses the lessons learned from protecting presidents, the balance between vulnerability and authenticity, and the significance of self-reflection. Evy emphasizes the need for preparation and adaptability in communication and negotiation, while also addressing the nature of predators in business and life. Her journey to becoming bulletproof serves as an inspiration for those looking to navigate challenges with resilience and strength. Check out BigDeal wherever you get your podcasts: https://contrarianthinking.co/the-bigdeal-podcast/ 00:00 - Introduction to Evy Poumpouras 03:09 - Lessons from Protecting Presidents 06:11 - The Balance of Vulnerability and Authenticity 09:10 - Setting Boundaries and Expectations 11:55 - The Role of Self-Reflection in Relationships 14:47 - Reading People and Gathering Intelligence 17:55 - The Nature of Predators in Business and Life 20:37 - Negotiation Skills and Communication 23:51 - The Importance of Preparation 26:45 - The Journey to Becoming Bulletproof 29:50 - The Power of Adaptability 32:42 - Conclusion and Future Endeavors MORE FROM BIGDEAL: 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@podcastbigdeal 📸 https://www.instagram.com/bigdeal.podcast 📽️ https://www.tiktok.com/@big.deal.pod MORE FROM CODIE SANCHEZ: 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@codiesanchezct 📸 https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez 📽️ https://www.tiktok.com/@realcodiesanchez OTHER THINGS WE DO: Our community: https://contrarianthinking.typeform.com/to/WBztXXID Free newsletter: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3XWLlZp Biz buying course: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3NhjGgN Resibrands: https://resibrands.com/ CT Capital: https://contrarianthinking.biz/4eRyGOk Main St Hold Co: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3YfGa8u Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	When people feel like they know you and you just open up to everybody, then you just gave them the
0:35.0	green light to take advantage of you. Today I've got Evie Pomporus.
0:38.9	She's not just a former Secret Service agent who protected four presidents and tons of dignitaries.
0:44.3	She's a master of influence, lie detection, and psychological strength.
0:48.2	Nice people can screw you over.
0:49.8	Everyone's on their own journey for their own self-interest, and along the way they may burn you.
0:54.4	And she is going to teach you today how to stop getting played in business, relationships, and life.
1:00.5	If you struggle with people and they take advantage of you, stop talking a lot.
1:05.3	If you've ever wanted to read people like a pro, speak with power, or walk into any room and own it, this is your episode. Once you set the
1:12.7	tone for people on how to treat you, it's done. It's so done. You have been with the biggest
1:19.6	leaders in the world, right? Yeah. 10 or 12 years with presidents. Had them either when they were
1:23.3	current or in former, so Ford before I passed the way I had Bush senior, Bush Jr., Obama,
1:30.0	Clintons. I've had everybody but Reagan. That is wild. I wanted Reagan. I heard he was a great guy.
1:35.5	Yeah, he seems like a legend. Having been with these huge world leaders, the best in the world,
1:39.4	I'm curious. Yeah, what do you learn? When you're in the White House, you're in proximity. So a lot of folks don't know. So you're protecting presidents, current and former, and you're also protecting foreign heads of state. So a lot of folks don't know that when a foreign head of state comes to the United States, they would get Secret Service protection. And the goal is that you don't want foreign heads of state being
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