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Posts Tagged ‘FBI’
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
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 Image by WingedWolf via Flickr Who are you becoming? With every day that passes and every decision you make, you are either getting closer to who you want to be or you’re taking a step back.
Who a person is becoming is much more important than who they’ve been in the past. Take an inventory of your personal values to see where you are headed. All of the actions, choices, decisions, experiences, and people that you included in your personal inventory of values are pointing to the person you are becoming. (more…)
Tags: FBI, integrity, life purpose, Oscar Wilde, perseverance, personal values, Value (ethics), values |
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
Good things happen when we allow people the freedom to do their own thing, and their own thinking. Similarly for ourselves, when we choose our responses, we create our own circumstances.
My first performance rating as an FBI agent was a disaster. I was shocked because I had followed all the rules and guidelines, hammered into me during my four months at the FBI Academy in Quantico. Fifteen cases had been assigned to me, and I walked into my supervisor’s office that day very confident. Each case had been “papered” with either a memo or communication to FBIHQ in Washington D.C. to show progress.
My supervisor looked at me with a combination of sorrow and disappointment. I knew right then he wondered if I had what it takes to be a good FBI Agent. He laid down his pen and imparted wise words that stayed with me the rest of my professional career:
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Tags: better performance, FBI, incentives, initiative, The Upside of Irrationality
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Tags: Challenges, competence, confidence, Conflict, facing fears, FBI, FBI academy, resistance
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
Was he smarter? More talented? No. President Clinton looked the left, looked to the right, and strode right down the middle.
Many politicians understand that middle ground never means compromise. This is what separates success from mediocrity. Former President Clinton is an expert on the long and winding road to the middle and President Obama would do well to borrow a few pages from Clinton’s playbook.
To the less experienced, the acceptance of middle ground in final negotiations makes everyone feel that some measure of compromise—and understanding—has been achieved. To an experienced politician—or leader—it’s much more than that. One of the most important things that President Clinton did during his first term wasretake ownership of the center.
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Tags: Bill Clinton, compromise, counterintelligence, FBI, inoculation, middle ground, perception, persuasion, President Obama, tools of influence
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
This blog was published in Linked2Leadership on September 20th, 2010
Genghis Khan conquered substantial portions of Central Europe and China to create the largest empire in history. His story is one of perseverance, mastery, and purpose.
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Tags: endurance, FBI, leadership, mastery, perseverance, personal achievement, purpose, self development
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Which is easier—predicting the stock market or your own behavior?
Both require skills that take time to develop. The stock market is a crapshoot—one-day stocks are up but the virtual cloud can break loose at any given moment and dump on unsuspecting investors. On the other hand, we all possess the knowledge to become experts at predicting our own behavior.
The secret? It’s Intuition.
Odd But True
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Tags: curiosity, doubt, FBI, gut instinct, intuition, nagging feelings, predicting behavior
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Stereotypes can be good. The right one can motivate us to perform at a higher level.
One of the most formative moments in my childhood came when my dad told me to saddle up my horse Sugar and ride with him to help Uncle Bob move several hundred of cattle to Bear Creek. We lived on a cattle ranch in Wyoming and I felt certain that, since I was a girl, my brother would be the one chosen to trail cattle and I’d be left behind peeling potatoes with mom. Smug with joy, I rode out of the corral, tossed the potato peeler at my brother as I passed by, and sat tall in the saddle.
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Tags: FBI, motivation, stereotypes, women's intuition
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
A good espionage tale runs the gamut of human experience, from growing healthy hydrangeas in the garden, to a sexy bombshell, to the wrenching scene of leaving behind friends and loved ones. We love spy stories because we love the adventure that comes with these tales.
Adventures are journeys into the unknown, whether it’s discovering spies, exploring new career opportunities, or stepping off the well-worn path of the daily grind. The tools to investigate the unknown are not just the province of inquisitive FBI agents—they belong to anyone interested in expanding their horizons.
Expanding our horizon means being willing to stand on the edge and look into the dark unknown with confidence that when we move forward, we won’t miss the step and fall into the abyss. This can be scary unless we’re sure of our footing.
People often ask me how I could make the abrupt transition from 24 years as an FBI Agent to writing a blog about the adventure of digging down to explore the unknown in our life. I began my career in the FBI by working as an undercover agent. I became an expert on hiding my true identity while learning all sorts of things about the true identity of the people under investigation. I spent over 20 years working counterintelligence and espionage cases. My job was to identify foreign spies in the U.S., neutralize their spying activities, and persuade them to work for the FBI.
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Tags: Espionage, FBI, personal achievement, persuade, self-knowledge, spies
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