by Larae Quy | Sep 23, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
People are obsessed with the idea of success because it’s often the most visible indicator that they’re the best in the world at what they do in life. Our idea of success may be measured by money, sex, or power. For others, it may mean having a positive impact on the...
by Larae Quy | Sep 16, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Early in life, I made a decision to be in control of my career. I decided I wanted to work for the Foreign Service so I could travel and live a life of adventure. I applied but didn’t pass the foreign language aptitude test. But I refused to let this stop me from...
by Larae Quy | Sep 9, 2019 | personal achievement, personal leadership
When I attended an undercover in-service at the FBI Academy, several of my training sessions included a mock trial with cross-examination by a hostile public defender. The normal human response to a verbal attack is to become angry—maybe even strike back. But that is...
by Larae Quy | Aug 26, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Most of us tend to spend a great deal of time and energy on ways to develop and track a career. We know that a plan and long term goals are essential for any business or startup. In the process, it’s easy to forget about something just as important—ways we can...
by Larae Quy | Aug 5, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
FBI firearms training pushed new agents to think on their feet when under pressure. I have vivid memories of one exercise where I walked down an abandoned ally. Observers watched from a platform above and behind me, so they could critique my every decision, my every...
by Larae Quy | Jul 29, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Popular movies and books lead people to believe spies are coerced to work for the U.S. government. To be successful, the FBI agent resorts to either sheer force or extortion to goad the foreign spy to be cooperative. Once beaten into submission, the free world is...
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