by Larae Quy | Mar 4, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
As a kid, I looked at many things as big scary goals. Our ranch house was located at the bottom of a canyon, cut deep into the earth over the years by the North Laramie River. Several times a year my Dad climbed the steep south mountain of the canyon to visit an...
by Larae Quy | Feb 25, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
In the FBI Academy, we trained how to run down and tackle individuals who resisted arrest. I was a lousy runner and came up at the rear of every race. The idea that I could run down or even catch up with a suspect produced snarky comments and rolled eyes from my...
by Larae Quy | Feb 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
Like many of you, I’ve had to learn how to overcome several obstacles in my life. One of the biggest obstacles hit me in the face while I was in the FBI Academy—I was stressed out because I found it difficult to pass the physical fitness requirements. Among the...
by Larae Quy | Feb 4, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
I’ve always been afraid of water. To confront those fears, I decided to learn how to scuba dive, even before I learned how to swim! I would use visualization to achieve top performance if I hoped to get out alive. One of the requirements of a scuba dive certification...
by Larae Quy | Jan 14, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
I didn’t characterize many of my life lessons as gifts in my younger years. Growing up on a cattle ranch lacking sophistication and social graces, I viewed those early years as full of trials and tribulations. It’s taken a while to understand that those same trials...
by Larae Quy | Dec 17, 2018 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
The word “can’t” is probably the only four-letter word I never heard in my 24 years as an FBI agent. I learned early in my career that negativity would impair my ability to analyze a tough case that looked impossible to crack. Once you allow a negative thought to take...
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