by Larae Quy | Aug 10, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Risks are messy for one simple reason: they involve our emotions. Life soon teaches us that controlling our emotions is like holding a tiger by the tail—hard and unpredictable. Not only are emotions unpredictable, but they’re also unreliable. Our heart is quite...
by Larae Quy | Aug 3, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
In the American Psychological Association’s annual survey on stress, people cited a lack of willpower as the number one barrier to following through with changes that would improve their lives. What they’re really saying is that they don’t have the self-control to...
by Larae Quy | Jul 13, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
A few years back, I entered a 6-mile race called the Jingle Bell Run with some of my fellow FBI agents. Fueled by willpower, I tried desperately to keep up with them, but within the first few yards, they pulled away and left me behind. And then, as we entered the last...
by Larae Quy | Jul 6, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Before. Hi-tech companies flew recent hires to Silicon Valley, the promised land of in-house gourmet cafeterias, gyms, Zumba classes, hair salons, and on-site laundry. Now. Employees look for a balance between a cool job with the conveniences of living according to...
by Larae Quy | Jun 15, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
This is not a time for us to panic. The media does that for us. Nor is it a time for blind optimism, either. That’s what Instagram is for. Somewhere in between is where normal people live. For folks like you and me, it’s a time for tough-love because it does no good...
by Larae Quy | Jun 2, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
The media knows what sells—negativity. Newspapers, social media, and TV broadcasts can smell it in the air like a wild animal, nose upturned to pinpoint the threat. The coronavirus pandemic and other recent events have sharpened the media’s instincts to a whip-thin...
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