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 | Oct 27, 2022 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
A successful Silicon Valley businessman was contacted by a foreign intelligence officer and I interviewed him about the relationship. He was cooperative and we started to meet on a regular basis. He mentioned that he was involved in an angel investor group and thought...
by Larae Quy | Sep 29, 2022 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, Uncategorized
As the spokesperson for the FBI in Northern California, I found myself in several situations where the FBI was criticized, and I was expected to justify its actions. As with most sophisticated investigations, there are many steps when building a case and evidence is...
by Larae Quy | May 18, 2022 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
When I arrived as a new agent on my squad, I was the only female and the youngest. Everyone was polite, but my caseload was full of dead-end leads that the older and more experienced agents didn’t want to waste their time on. My desk was at the end farthest from the...
by Larae Quy | Apr 25, 2022 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
During this pandemic, I’ve read many ridiculous articles about how resilience means “bouncing through” our obstacles—as though riding out this shitstorm is life on a trampoline. These bandaids of advice do nothing to encourage people to look for the deep healing they...
by Larae Quy | Apr 1, 2022 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Some of my biggest laughs come from watching Hollywood movies and TV shows depicting FBI agents as indestructible bullies walking that fine line between good and evil. They are either taking the law into their own hands in their pursuit of justice or abusing their...
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