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4 Reasons Why Following Your Dreams Is Crap Career Advice

4 Reasons Why Following Your Dreams Is Crap Career Advice

by Larae Quy | May 5, 2026 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, self-awareness

Like many others on graduation day, I heard a commencement speaker urge me to follow my dream as I marched into the brave new world as an adult—silly me. My dream then was to be a fashion model who looked good in clothes. A career in fashion would be my ticket to the...
3 Reasons Why Happiness Is The Wrong Goal In Life

3 Reasons Why Happiness Is The Wrong Goal In Life

by Larae Quy | Oct 25, 2025 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness

I grew up on a remote Wyoming cattle ranch, learning how to navigate sagebrush, rattlesnakes, and corrals full of fresh cow pies. The best shoes for that rough environment were Red Wing lace-up high-top boots. They weren’t much of a fashion statement for a...
Simple Reasons The Pursuit of Happiness Can Make Us Miserable

Simple Reasons The Pursuit of Happiness Can Make Us Miserable

by Larae Quy | Jan 20, 2025 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness

America’s infatuation with happiness goes back to our founding fathers and the U.S. Constitution, in which we are promised “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Somewhere in that fairy tale, reality stepped in and yanked off the bandaid that was supposed to...
Here are three scientific reasons why emotional well-being is key to your success

Here are three scientific reasons why emotional well-being is key to your success

by Larae Quy | Oct 26, 2023 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness

As a kid growing up on a remote cattle ranch in Wyoming, I grew up scrappy. I had to be fast to outrun a charging bull and innovative enough to find a way to saddle a horse so tall that my stirrup came to rest at eye level. I never thought much about well-being and...
4 Reasons Why A Good Life Is More Important Than Happiness

4 Reasons Why A Good Life Is More Important Than Happiness

by Larae Quy | Dec 1, 2022 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness

Most of us have no idea of what to do with our lives. Even after school. We expect our careers to lead us down the road to happiness. Even after we get paychecks. We’ve seen the slick advertisements that promise that money can buy happiness—if we have enough of it....
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