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Leaving the X - Lessons from a CIA Operator

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Former CIA counterterrorism officer Michele Rigby Assad joins us to talk espionage, fear, intuition, and how to own your presence in the world’s most dangerous places. This isn’t Jason Bourne, because that's Hollywood. Michele lived that life without any safety nets. Often times she was alone and her only "weapons" were her abilities to read the situation and make the best decisions available; to get off the X and act.

You can find Michele here https://michelerigbyassad.com/

You can fund her book here https://www.amazon.com/s?k=get+off+the+x+book&adgrpid=1344705197077485&hvadid=84044349456447&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=48792&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-84045198700376%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=22537_13494504&mcid=2777b98fad5c3c2ea27572c6945247d4&msclkid=0e7c973bfdb31a839009f0cc4539e9cc&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_2fznzhylmu_e

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Former CIA counterterrorism officer Michele Rigby Assad joins us to talk espionage, fear, intuition, and how to own your presence in the world’s most dangerous places. This isn’t Jason Bourne, because that's Hollywood. Michele lived that life without any safety nets. Often times she was alone and her only "weapons" were her abilities to read the situation and make the best decisions available; to get off the X and act.

You can find Michele here https://michelerigbyassad.com/

You can fund her book here https://www.amazon.com/s?k=get+off+the+x+book&adgrpid=1344705197077485&hvadid=84044349456447&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=48792&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-84045198700376%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=22537_13494504&mcid=2777b98fad5c3c2ea27572c6945247d4&msclkid=0e7c973bfdb31a839009f0cc4539e9cc&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_2fznzhylmu_e

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