by Larae Quy | Mar 19, 2023 | Mental toughness, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
The FBI had identified Nicholas (not his real name) as a Russian intelligence officer in San Francisco. The Russian government tasked Nicholas to steal classified technology. My job was to either recruit him to work for the FBI or gather enough evidence to have him...
by Larae Quy | May 4, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, self-awareness
I have always been intrigued by empathy because it helps people read the minds of others, something that came in handy as an FBI agent. When I listened to another person’s words and read their body language, I could piece together their thoughts and emotions. Empathy...
by Larae Quy | Feb 10, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
The first thing I learned as an FBI agent was that I would need to be emotionally intelligent if I planned to live long enough to spend my retirement pension. Agents who are emotionally intelligent have the ability to read the emotions of others before a gun is drawn...
by Larae Quy | Feb 3, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
When I was 8, my brother and I had to share a horse for a few summer months while mine healed from a sprained ankle. One day that summer Dad announced that he needed to help a neighbor trail several hundred head of cattle over the weekend. I felt certain that, since I...
by Larae Quy | Oct 23, 2018 | personal achievement
Happiness is not something you plan for the future; it’s something you experience at the moment. Happiness is a fleeting emotion that’s the result of the good choices you make in life. Good choices are easy to identify because they’re the ones that produce...
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