Becoming Bulletproof is a self-help book written by Evy Poumpouras, a former Secret Service Special Agent. If that sentence alone isn’t enough to pique your interest, you might want to try reading it again.
In this book, the highly capable Poumpouras guides you through some of the most extreme potential situations (like active shooters, warzones, etc.) all the way down to more relatable stressors (like asking your boss for a raise).
| Language | English |
| Release Date | April 21, 2020 |
| Genre | literature |
| Author | Evy Poumpouras |
| File Size | 4748 KB |
| Rating | (4.76) |
As the cover suggests, this book gives you lessons on how to:
Through the 300 or so pages, Poumpouras is your guide to handling yourself through extreme stress. As Hemingway once said, “Bravery is grace under pressure.” In that sense, this is essentially your handbook for becoming brave.
While she adds a lot of helpful and practical advice, the overall goal is to become so effective that you begin to live life without fear. That’s why so many of the pages are built around this process.
As she puts it, you need to expose and overcome your fears. And critically, you want to do it as soon as possible, before you let the fear grow too big.
There is also plenty of good advice on how to deal with difficult people, how to walk away from a conflict when it isn’t wise to go through with it, and things you can do to become more capable if a fight comes to you.
The author’s background gives the whole thing a lot of gravitas, and one can’t help but become excited about all the new superpowers the lessons empart onto you.
A book like this revolves around the credibility of its author. And Evy Poumpouras has become a bit of a celebrity around the fact that she legitimately used to work as a Special Agent for the Secret Service. But she also has a charisma that brought her to star in Bravo’s Spy Games.
She protected former President George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. She has investigated crimes, was a member of the Secret Service’s polygraph unit, and had extensive training in lie detection. She’s also served as a journalist for NBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC.
So if you are wondering if Evy Poumpouras is real, the answer is a solid yes.
If the synopsis sounds like your thing, then this self-help book is probably a good bet. It delivers on giving you life advice from someone who has a pretty incredible story, and when she talks about dealing with conflict and sniffing out a liar, it’s worth listening to.
But if self-help isn’t your thing, or these kinds of topics don’t excite you, steer clear. The value of the book is not in its prose, so you can skip it without missing out on much.
