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....
by Larae Quy | Aug 31, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
My grandmother was born on the kitchen table, was a crack shot with a gun, and had ammo on her Christmas list. She told me to “suck it up” when I complained about my teachers. I resented the fact that she didn’t take my part when I came home crying that Mrs. Archie...
by Larae Quy | Jun 18, 2018 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
When I joined the FBI, the FBI’s transfer policy stipulated that I could be sent anywhere in the U.S.—the needs of the Bureau would always come before my own. After I told myself that I was resilient and could survive transfer-hell, I learned that every few years the...
by Larae Quy | May 14, 2018 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Movies and television depict heroes who have a strong mind. We admire people who push the limits. Heroes and tough guys let us walk in their shoes, if only for a couple of hours. We feel what it’s like to have the mental toughness to break out of a seemingly boring...
by Larae Quy | Apr 16, 2018 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Anything worthwhile will require us to learn how to get through adversity. All of us will experience roadblocks in our careers, relationships, finances, and health at some point in life. If we want to get through adversity, we need to develop a mindset of mental...
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