by Larae Quy | Jun 3, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
I learned quickly in the FBI that success would not make me confident; instead, confidence would make me successful. Easier said than done, and I should know because I’d never shot a gun when I showed up at the FBI Academy. Guess what? FBI agents are required to...
by Larae Quy | Apr 15, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
FBI agents who work undercover are given a series of psychological tests to determine their level of self-awareness. Self-awareness enables agents to predict their responses when confronted with unexpected situations that can accompany undercover work. The...
by Larae Quy | Feb 25, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
In the FBI Academy, we trained how to run down and tackle individuals who resisted arrest. I was a lousy runner and came up at the rear of every race. The idea that I could run down or even catch up with a suspect produced snarky comments and rolled eyes from my...
by Larae Quy | Jan 14, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
I wish I’d been smarter in my teens and early twenties. Like many others, I thought I knew what was best for myself, but I wasn’t seasoned enough to understand how life lessons are gifts that keep coming—until we die. In my younger years, I didn’t characterize many of...
by Larae Quy | Sep 10, 2018 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
When you grow up poor, negative thoughts come very easily. My parents worked hard as cattle ranchers in a remote area of Wyoming. There was no money to pay a hired hand, so my brother and I started helping out with chores at the age of six. By the age of eight, I...
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