Mel Robbins
Secret Service Agent Explains Psychological Tricks To Read Anyone & Spot A Liar
Today, a secret service agent is teaching you how to read body language, master your emotions, and spot a liar.
In this one of a kind episode, agent Evy Poumpouras is unpacking proven strategies and psychological tricks to get what you want.
Evy is a former secret service agent who has protected 5 U.S presidents.
She is a “human lie detector” who has been specially trained in the art of lie detection, human behavior, and cognitive influence.
And today, she is giving you a masterclass of all of her best secrets from over 3 decades of training and experience.
Evy’s extensive and decorated career includes operating undercover, complex criminal investigations, and working as an interrogator for the Secret Service’s elite polygraph unit – and she’s here to arm you with information, tools, and strategies in this special episode.
Evy Poumporuas’s website: evypoumpouras.com
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In this episode:
00:00:00: Introduction
00:03:32: How does having confidence and reading body language change your life?
00:06:50: The biggest takeaways we can learn from presidents and foreign heads of state.
00:10:15: Do this to manage stress in a high pressure job.
00:15:11: This is how professionals detect if someone is lying.
00:19:15: How to detect someone’s baseline and when you can use this skill.
00:26:00: Does eye contact REALLY give away if someone is lying?
00:30:00: Do this to show a conversation matters to you through your body language.
00:33:20: Why it’s important to just let people be.
00:36:14: Is there anything people do with their eyes to indicate they’re lying?
00:39: 25: Do this to be more secure in yourself around other people.
00:43:00: Are there verbal cues to indicate that you aren’t being told the truth?
00:47:11: The importance of being less focused on just yourself.
00:49:37: How do you get the truth out of someone?
00:52:50: When do you know it’s time to call somebody out or back away?
00:56:45: What is paralinguistics and how does it impact how we talk to people?
00:59:00: Do this to make your voice come through to others with more authority.
01:05:49: Be clear about your own objectives before entering a difficult conversation.
01:09:45: Someone not answering you IS an answer.
01:12:27: The REAL reason we don’t trust our gut.
01:14:30: The first step to changing the negative situation you are in.
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Published Jul 4, 2024
