LaRae Quy
LaRae Quy was an undercover and counterintelligence FBI agent for 24 years. She exposed foreign spies and recruited them to work for the U.S. Government. As an FBI agent, she developed the mental toughness to survive in environments of risk, uncertainty, and deception. As a former FBI agent, she speaks and coaches about sharing no-nonsense FBI practices to help others develop the mental strength to manage their emotions, behavior, and thinking so they can set themselves up for success. Her clients are diverse but they share the same desire to empower themselves to build the mental strength needed to keep moving toward their goals and calling in life. Their shared belief is that they have the power within themselves to achieve greater personal accomplishments. LaRae is the author of Mental Toughness For Women Leaders and Secrets Of A Strong Mind . Discover more about LaRae's coaching programs at here .
Articles by LaRae Quy
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FBI Lessons on Emotional Intelligence Every Leader Should Know
Here are three ways to apply emotional intelligence in leadership: **Nothing could prepare me for the reaction I would receive when I flashed my FBI badge in the face of a suspect in one of my espionage investigations.
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Dream-Chasing Advice That Fails Most People in Real Careers
The follow-your-dream mentality is a scam because the subliminal message behind the hyperbole is that you deserve to follow your dreams.
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FBI Training Reveals How To Think Clearly When Seconds Matter
We trained to be elite performers. There was no room for error. We needed to be methodical because we were confronted with fluid situations.
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Mental Toughness Lessons From FBI Training That Transform Leadership
Let’s take a closer look at how mental toughness can help business leaders make a greater impact
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Happiness Is Overrated: 3 Ways To Build a Meaningful Life That Lasts
If I continued to make it the point, then I’d never be happy because there would always be a black hole with these words hovering over it, If only
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Don’t Fear the Midlife Crisis: 4 Surprising Reasons To Lean In
Here are 4 surprising reasons why you should embrace a mid-life crisis. You wake up one morning to start your day, but instead of being grateful for the opportunities in life, you realize the spring in your step is gone.
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The Anxiety Trap: Why It’s So Hard to Escape—And How to Break Free
Our emotions have muscle memory; we subconsciously train ourselves to react to specific situations in the same way. #anxiety
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Smart But Struggling: The Hidden Habits That Hurt High Performers
Let’s take a closer look at why smart leaders might do foolish things #leaders. I remember my dad scolding me for climbing into a corral full of horses.
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The Power of Rock Bottom: Turning Setbacks Into Strength
The key is to explore and embrace the phase you’re in. Here is how embracing a low point in life can help you grow stronger: #life
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4 Proven Ways to Build Mental Toughness and Stay Calm Under Pressure
Most of us must cope with stressful situations in which we feel the pressure but don’t think we have the skills to succeed. #stress
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How the Pursuit of Happiness Can Lead to Unexpected Misery
Happiness is a constant chase. And because it’s a moving target, our happiness often depends on something in the future. #happiness
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Boost Your Resilience: 3 Tips for Stronger Mental Toughness
Resilience requires us to bounce through the refining fire of adversity. Is it fun? Never! Is it worth it? Always! #resilience
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4 Reasons Why a Good Life Is More Important Than Happiness
happiness is a wonderful emotion that brings a smile to our faces and joy in our hearts. It is, however, a fleeting emotion. #life
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How A Strong Mind Can Give You The Resilience Advantage
While most of us feel the inherent need to be resilient, very few of us know how to leverage it in a way that will make a difference in our life.
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7 FBI Tips On How To Be More Likable
Likable people know how to behave in a way that allows them to connect with others. #personal #likeable #relationships #success
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The 3 Components of Honesty
The FBI will spend a great deal of time, effort, and money in training agents to be great leaders because agents need to be able to land on their feet when confronted with the unknown.
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4 Reasons Determination is Vital to Your Success
Determination and persistence were a way of life for me growing up as a hillbilly in Wyoming.
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6 Ways I Learned to Build Trust as a FBI Agent
As a former FBI counterintelligence agent, I needed to learn how to build trust with others.
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7 Mental Hacks FBI Agents Learn to Boost Their Confidence
On my first day at the FBI Academy, I didn’t feel like a superhero.
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How To Read People Like An FBI Agent
Wouldn’t it be great if we could tell if someone was lying to us?
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13 FBI Principles of Mental Toughness
I get quite a few chuckles from people who write about mental toughness when all they have to cite are statistics that come from other people’s experiences.
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5 Spy Tricks to Create Trust with Others
As a counterintelligence FBI agent, people ask me how I could create trust when I lied to the targets of my undercover investigation about my identity.
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5 Ways to Train Your Mind to Think Like a Winner
One of the first things I learned as an FBI Agent was that to be successful, I would need to think like a winner.
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Why Successful People Never Blame Others
As a young adult looking for the perfect job, I wanted to blame others for why my life wasn’t spectacularly successful.
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The Number One Skill in Life—Don't Give Up
I watched as my nephew tried to stand on his feet at nine months old.
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How To Raise Mentally Tough Kids
When I was offered a position as an FBI agent, I was told one of the things they liked most about me was that I came from a large cattle ranch in the middle of Wyoming.
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6 Reasons People Don't Listen To You
Recently, I was talking to an individual whom I truly like, but we were in a crowded room filled with lots of people I knew.
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How To Get Your Voice Heard When Leadership Doesn't Listen
Dean had a tendency to dominate every meeting or briefing he attended.
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11 FBI Tactics to Win an Argument
I was the agent on duty and the woman in front of me was livid, accusing the FBI of harassment and invasion of privacy.
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10 FBI Tips On How To Spot A Liar
FBI agents are trained to read other people and uncover what is hidden so they can get to the truth of a situation.
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9 Ways Your Thoughts Lie To You
The word “can’t” is probably the only four letter word I never heard in my 24 years as an FBI agent.
