How Trauma Really Can Help Us Grow Into Stronger PeopleTrauma is experienced in many different ways. Soldiers can experience it on the battlefield, healthcare workers in hospitals and emergency…Dec 7Dec 7
How Resilience Helps You Take Control of Your EmotionsOne of my investigations in San Francisco targeted a foreign spy who hated the United States. I’ll call him Agent X. He worked for a…Oct 10Oct 10
How Emotional Intelligence Can Empower You To Be More ResilientI worked as an FBI counterintelligence agent for twenty years and loved the challenge of being a spy catcher. However, when I was offered…Aug 201Aug 201
6 Effective Ways To Grow As A Leader Without Getting Burned OutRaise your hand if you’ve experienced burnout at some point. I spent the last four years of my career as the spokesperson for the FBI in…Aug 1Aug 1
How Authentic Leaders Make A Greater Impact With Self-AwarenessBefore my first undercover assignment, I was sent back to the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy for a series of psychological…Jun 27Jun 27
Here’s How To Overcome Adversity and Come Out A WinnerA 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…Jun 5Jun 5
Published inVentureHow To Have Hard Conversations and Not Let Your Emotions Take OverFor almost twenty-five years, I studied the habits and mindsets of foreign spies assigned to the U.S. to steal American classified and…May 15May 15
Published inVentureThis Is How You Build Trust In Your RelationshipsWe already know that we will encounter people who will be untrustworthy or, worse, dishonest. We will face betrayals, big and small, in…Apr 19Apr 19
Published inVentureHow To Make The Science of Positive Thinking Work For YouCOVID, a troubled economy, and a violent rise of nationalism worldwide have ushered in a modern version of the Dark Ages. Doom and gloom…Apr 10Apr 10
Published inVentureHow To Have The Courage To Move Into A Brave SpaceLife can suck. There are days when things go so badly that you want a refund. We’ve all heard that acceptance is the key to good…Mar 27Mar 27