by Larae Quy | Apr 20, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness, Uncategorized
I will never forget the first day I ever shot a gun. I was on the firing line at the FBI Academy and holding a Smith & Wesson .38 revolver. My heart raced as I wiped the sweat from my palms. I was filled with uncertainty and fear, worried that I wouldn’t shoot...
by Larae Quy | Mar 30, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
As a retired female FBI agent, I take umbrage at the assumption that professional women don’t have what it takes to move their career to the next level. The implications are that women need special assistance, or that standards of the position need to be lowered so...
by Larae Quy | Mar 17, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
After 20 years of working counterintelligence cases, I was asked to become the spokesperson for the FBI in Northern California. My first reaction was “No”—I was very comfortable in my position as a case agent. By this time, I knew every step in the manual and had my...
by Larae Quy | Mar 9, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
The thing about stress is that no amount of money can make it go away. In fact, money can actually increase your stress level. Your stress might spike over noble concerns that include climate change, terrorism, and political turmoil. Or, even more likely, your stress...
by Larae Quy | Mar 2, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
To embrace risk means to move into a situation that involves exposure to danger. In the case of an FBI investigation, it could mean a drawn weapon. For entrepreneurs, it could mean how to challenge the competition or start a new business. For family members, it could...
by Larae Quy | Feb 24, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
The consequences of our feel-good-at-all-costs culture have finally caught up with us. It’s produced a generation (or two) of people who are depressed and feel lonely, isolated, and misunderstood at work. It’s hard to spring from the coddled world of childhood into...
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