by Larae Quy | Feb 18, 2018 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
I learned how to become mentally tough after I failed the interim physical fitness test at the FBI Academy. With this failure came the understanding that I was not so great after all and that I stood a good chance of being washed out. I became obsessed with improving...
by Larae Quy | Nov 13, 2017 | personal leadership
As a Baby Boomer, I spent my formative years listening to the news with a healthy dose of cynicism. I grew up when librarians taught us research skills. Gone are those days since libraries have been replaced by Google and other search engines. Millennials spent their...
by Larae Quy | Aug 14, 2017 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
The Chinese word for crisis is made by combining two characters meaning crisis and opportunity. The wise and ancient Chinese understood that the true nature of a crisis is an opportunity in disguise. A crisis implies change that has not been invited and an outcome...
by Larae Quy | Dec 19, 2016 | personal leadership
In the 1930’s FBI agents needed mental toughness to hunt bank robbers like John Dillinger and mobsters like Al Capone. As the world became more complex, FBI agents started working complex and sophisticated cases like terrorism, organized crime, cyber, and...
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