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How Authentic Leaders Make A Greater Impact With Self-Awareness

How Authentic Leaders Make A Greater Impact With Self-Awareness

by Larae Quy | Jun 27, 2024 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness

Before my first undercover assignment, I was sent back to the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy for a series of psychological tests to determine my level of self-awareness. I was disappointed because I expected to learn how to scissor-kick in high heels to...
Here’s How to Overcome Adversity And Come Out A Winner In Life

Here’s How to Overcome Adversity And Come Out A Winner In Life

by Larae Quy | Jun 3, 2024 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness

A runt of a Shetland pony named Socks helped teach me how to overcome adversity. We lived on a remote cattle ranch in Wyoming, and my grandfather bought him for me when I was four years old. Socks had a hard and dry little heart; he only wanted to terrorize his rider....
How To Have Hard Conversations and Not Let Your Emotions Take Over

How To Have Hard Conversations and Not Let Your Emotions Take Over

by Larae Quy | May 14, 2024 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness

For almost twenty-five years, I studied the habits and mindsets of foreign spies assigned to the U.S. to steal American classified and proprietary information. I needed to find ways to get these people to talk to me and understand how they thought about themselves,...
How To Make The Science Behind Positive Thinking Work For You

How To Make The Science Behind Positive Thinking Work For You

by Larae Quy | Apr 10, 2024 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness

COVID, a troubled economy, and a violent rise of nationalism worldwide have ushered in a modern version of the Dark Ages. Doom and gloom scenarios assault us at every turn. There are days when we need to be Pollyanna on steroids to remain positive. Much research has...
6 Ways You Can Reduce Anxiety And Make Gratitude A Stronger Emotion

6 Ways You Can Reduce Anxiety And Make Gratitude A Stronger Emotion

by Larae Quy | Mar 16, 2024 | Anxiety, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness

I grew up with a strong sense of right and wrong, and those values impacted my deepest beliefs about my behavior. They guided my decisions, including the one to become an FBI agent at the age of twenty-five. While values and morals are related, they differ because...
How To Cope With Moral Injury In The Workplace

How To Cope With Moral Injury In The Workplace

by Larae Quy | Jan 11, 2024 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness

As an undercover FBI agent, I had to learn how to lie to people. This is ironic because if an agent is less than honest in their investigations or their behavior toward others, it’s a legitimate reason to be fired from the FBI. I’d been raised to be honest with people...
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