by Larae Quy | Jan 5, 2021 | Mental toughness, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Over a 24 year career, FBI Firearms instructors made us repeat the same series of actions on the firing range. After a while, it got so repetitive that I wondered how I would fare in a shootout if I didn’t have my firearms instructor barking out orders on what to do...
by Larae Quy | Dec 1, 2020 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Not very many people are excited to get a knock on their front door from an FBI Agent. They’re even less enthusiastic when the Agent tells them they need to speak with them about a pending investigation. Wariness can quickly turn into hostility if they think the...
by Larae Quy | Nov 23, 2020 | Anxiety, personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
When I was ten years old, I was riding my black quarter horse and helping my dad cut a horned bull from the cattle herd. The bull suddenly turned, horns first, and charged my horse. I grabbed the saddle horn; my horse pivoted on his back hooves and we got away...
by Larae Quy | Nov 9, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
A lot of people seem to think the world is going to hell in a handbasket. As if…this was the first time life was unfair. As if…this is the first we’ve seen violence in the streets below us. As if…this is the first time a pandemic has circled the globe. But you see,...
by Larae Quy | Oct 26, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal leadership, Psychology
After months of fear, isolation, soaring unemployment, and uncertainty, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Census Bureau estimates one-third of Americans are anxious about the future. Stress and uncertainty produce anxiety. Covid-19 has produced not only a...
by Larae Quy | Oct 12, 2020 | Anxiety, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
I listened as one of my fellow FBI agents gave a briefing on the next steps he planned to take in his investigation. I thought he was headed in the wrong direction, and when he asked for our opinions, I shared my amazing insight with him and my colleagues. I thought,...
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