3 Smart Ways You Can Gain Confidence In Yourself
I learned quickly in the FBI that success would not make me confident; instead, confidence would make me successful. Easier said than done, and I should know because I’d never shot a gun when I showed up at the FBI Academy. Guess what? FBI agents are required to...
How To Fool People And Look More Confident
One of the first things I learned as an FBI agent was that the public had expectations when I walked through the door. They expected a confident, polished, and competent agent to listen to their concerns. Their first impression was the critical metric by which they...
This Is The Reason Most People Get Stuck In Mediocrity
The reason most people get stuck in mediocrity is because they refuse to fail. The reason people refuse to fail is because they associate failure with defeat. Their fear of defeat paralyzes them to the point that they won’t move forward. People are not finished when...
5 Reasons You Need To Dump Your Loser Friends
High school was not easy for me. I never cared for the teenage wasteland parties. An exciting Friday night in my little Wyoming town was to drag main and turn up the volume on our car radios. Girls got married and guys got drunk. I wanted to be somewhere else. I...
5 Surprising Reasons You Need To Listen To Your Anger
I sat and listened to an elderly couple tell me how they’d been approached by a financial advisor who persuaded them to invest their life savings in a Ponzi scheme guaranteed to produce a 50% return on investment within 6 months. I was the FBI agent they contacted...
5 Effective Ways To Overcome Setbacks In Life
I had been assigned to my first FBI field office for less than one year when I was unexpectedly transferred across the country and given 30 days to report to my new office. The FBI likes to see how new agents overcome setbacks in their personal life and survive...
Here Are The Best Ways To Develop Self Awareness
FBI agents who work undercover are given a series of psychological tests to determine their level of self awareness. Self awareness enables agents to predict their responses when confronted with unexpected situations that can accompany undercover work. The...
4 Things You Need To Know If You Want To Be Successful In Life
Both parents and teachers extol the virtue of good grades if you want to be successful in business and life. The premise goes something like this: good grades mean you’re smarter and will be offered better career opportunities. If you want to be successful in life,...
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