LaRae Quy was an undercover and counterintelligence FBI agent for 24 years. She exposed foreign spies and recruited them to work for the U.S. Government. As an FBI agent, she developed the mental toughness to survive in environments of risk, uncertainty, and deception. Faced with stressful and fast-moving situations, she needed to move through barriers if she was to succeed.
Secrets of a Strong Mind Online Course
Based on real-life experiences and backed up with psychology and neuroscience, Secrets of a Strong Mind online course is 8 short modules of 5-minute videos.
It will help you to develop the mental resilience to overcome any challenge with confidence.
Are You Mentally Tough?
Mental toughness is believing you will prevail in your circumstances rather than believing your circumstances will change. It’s managing your emotions, thoughts, and behavior in ways that set you up for success in both business and life. Get your Mental Toughness Score – see where you excel and what areas need attention.
Secrets of a Strong Mind: How to Build Inner Strength to Overcome Life's Obstacles
A former FBI counter-espionage agent offers field-tested methods for readers to develop mental toughness. She provides a curated package of tools and techniques to help them realize they are capable of far more than they believe to be possible.
Mental Toughness for Women Leaders: 52 Tips To Recognize and Utilize Your Greatest Strengths
Discomfort Zones
Comfort zones can make us dumb. They shut down our brain’s learning center because we only learn when there’s uncertainty. Stability is a shut-off valve for the brain.
Why You Need Mental Toughness
Grit Under Pressure
Grit is an intrinsic desire to go beyond what you can easily accomplish with talent or skill.
Grit Under Pressure
- A deep sense of purpose because you believe your work is worth it.
- Purpose boils down to understanding how you can give your talents and skills back to the world.
- Motivation to go beyond what you can easily achieve with talent.
- Success is often where people stop on their way to being who they truly want to be.
- Conditions don’t have to be perfect to start if you pursue something that answers your “why” and is important to you.
- Great lives respond to a higher calling and purpose.
- Purpose is the linchpin of grit.
The Right Mindset
Mental toughness is not something you’re born with, it’s a mindset you can develop.
The Right Mindset
- Attitude is the difference between a mentally tough champion and a whiny wimp.
- Negative emotions make us uncomfortable but without discomfort, there is no change and no growth.
- It’s not a lack of fear that creates a strong mind; it’s how we deal with negative fear-based emotions.
- The greatest mental toughness weapon we have is our ability to choose one thought over another.
- Mental toughness requires positive thinking. Positive people know they will prevail in their circumstances rather than hope their circumstances will change.
When Life Sucks
Mental toughness gives you the ability to be comfortable with discomfort while producing inner confidence.
When Life Sucks
- Stability is a shut-off valve for the brain. You only learn when there’s uncertainty.
- Petri dishes full of new experiences will help you anticipate what it feels like to fail so you can respond and not react when the stakes are higher.
- Left in darkness, fear will grow and sabotage your efforts to move forward.
- The only difference between a rut and a coffin is their dimensions.
- Wisdom is understanding that we’re not sure we have all the right answers.
- Success won’t make you confident; confidence will make you successful.
- Shit Happens. Life is hard. Pain is inevitable. Growth is optional.
LaRae’s Recent Posts
6 Ways Busy Women Can Get More Organized
Busy women need to rewire their thinking so they are more efficient at juggling multiple mental tasks to enhance their performance.
Why Some People Succeed Almost All The Time
There is a reason why some people succeed almost all the time, and it has little to do with being smart. Instead, they develop good personal habits.
How To Get Along With Negative People
It’s possible to learn how to get along with everyone, even negative people who are toxic. Often, they feel trapped and blame others for their situation.
5 Strategies To Deal With Difficult Colleagues
It is hard to put difficult colleagues into a one-size-fits-all box. After all, they come in so many shapes and sizes. No workplace is without them.
8 Powerful Ways To Deal With Problem People
As entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders you will encounter a problem employee at some point. They can waste a lot of your valuable time.
How To Develop Grit In Times Of Crisis
Do not quit when you feel you can no longer deal with a crisis. Instead, find ways to adapt to your new circumstances and be flexible in your thinking.
3 Beliefs Of People Who Refuse To Quit
Mentally tough mindsets refuse to quit when life throws a curveball. People who refuse to quit are game-ready when opportunities show up as obstacles.
4 Reasons Diversity Creates Teams That Are Mentally Tough
Greater diversity implies a greater spread of experience which could add value and knowledge to a team’s productivity if they share a common goal.
5 Reasons Why All This Happiness Bullsh*t Is A Lie
If you can’t define what that happiness looks like to you, your life will suck. Self-help books often just remind you of exactly what you don’t have.
Body Language – 5 Things Your Walk Says About You
As a business leader and entrepreneur, the more you understand how your body language influences others, the more effectively you can present your ideas.
Are YOU Mentally Tough?
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Mental toughness is believing you will prevail in your circumstances rather than believing your circumstances will change. Find your Mental Toughness score - see where you excel and what areas need attention.
