Make small changes: Identify small changes you can make to help you react more calmly and see what works. A former Special Agent will educate you on how to protect yourself, read people, influence situations, and allows you to live fearlessly. Barring these initial few pages and a few inbetween, the book is written in a good personable manner with some very useful advice. About the Author: Evy Poumpouras is a former Secret Service Special Agent, on the protective details for former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Based on that terrible rending sound, I guessed that the roof or some other type of massive debris was about to slide off of one of the towers.

This way, when you encounter a setback, you’ll be prepared, and you can focus on finding a solution to the problem. When I tried to use the oxygen tank to give her air, I couldn’t get it to work—it had been a long while since I had used one.

The wreckage falling from the sky made escape through the main entrance of our building impossible, and so the security staff were directing everyone to the emergency exits. Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids.

I will now be checking out entrances and egresses whenever I see a building, but I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.Becoming Bulletproof may or may not keep you from taking an incoming, but it can certainly improve your chances of being out of the line of fire. It happened slowly, just a metallic echo resounding through the air at first, followed by the grinding, groaning sound that precedes total destruction. This was fascinating, offering a look at what it really takes to become a cop or an agent in the USSS.

The warmth of the coffee warms you up and the scene itself, all cozy-like (iced tea would have the opposite effect). Keep the goal in mind: Sometimes we get too caught up with how difficult a task is and lose sight of why we’re doing it. I used many of them myself, but was also pleasantly surprised by reading several that I didn't know. People would be surprised, I believe, if they realized how much a polygraph reader learns about you before you are even hooked up to "the machine". The rattling of a thousand pieces of metal and glass and concrete reverberated around us, piercing a hole into the quiet September morning.I canvassed the surrounding area for human remains, which we then sent to the labs so that grieving families could identify their loved ones. On completing the book, I can safely say that the book provides a general overview of the security measures that one should take for one’s protection. This one more in that long list of help-yourself-to-be-better, yet from a slightly different angle - public service. As the tower collapsed above me, strange as it might sound, I felt a peculiar peace spreading through me.