by Larae Quy | Mar 19, 2023 | Mental toughness, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
The FBI had identified Nicholas (not his real name) as a Russian intelligence officer in San Francisco. The Russian government tasked Nicholas to steal classified technology. My job was to either recruit him to work for the FBI or gather enough evidence to have him...
by Larae Quy | Feb 18, 2023 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
I graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree in Business and took a job as a management trainee at a fancy department store. It wasn’t long before I was offered a position as a department manager and I eagerly accepted the promotion even though I sensed early on...
by Larae Quy | Jan 5, 2023 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
As an FBI counterintelligence agent, my job was to identify and recruit Russian spies to work for the United States Government. Little did they know that the Russian government gave my colleagues and me the most powerful gift, a toxic system filled with corruption,...
by Larae Quy | Dec 1, 2022 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
Most of us have no idea of what to do with our lives. Even after school. We expect our careers to lead us down the road to happiness. Even after we get paychecks. We’ve seen the slick advertisements that promise that money can buy happiness—if we have enough of it....
by Larae Quy | Nov 9, 2022 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
I felt a sinking feeling in my gut as I drove into the parking garage, and it was happening more and more. A job that had once invigorated me and filled me with eagerness now produced a heaviness inside that I could no longer ignore. As a new FBI agent out of the...
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