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 surprise us 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 health...
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,...
by Larae Quy | Oct 5, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
While assigned to my first FBI office, a fellow agent asked me to accompany him as his girlfriend for an undercover assignment. The undercover agent (UCA) had targeted an organized crime gang and the leader of the group had invited the UCA to an afternoon BBQ with...
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