Tweener Overachiever

4.89 Seconds — Best Ever 40-yard Dash

3.00 — High School GPA

11.5 Seconds — Best Ever 100-yard Dash

3.00 — College GPA

5.2 Seconds — Best Ever Shuttle Time

55th — Average Standardized Test Percentile (SAT,ACT,LSAT,GRE,GMAT)

109 of 110 — Overall Fitness Rank for LSU Football Spring Squad

Bottom 10% — MBA Graduation Rank

9 — Permanent Physical Injuries to my Body

100s — Times I’ve Started Something I Wasn’t Supposed to Be Qualified For

1000s — Times I’ve Wanted to Quit Something

1 — Challenges Quit of Own Volition

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Freaks are rare. They definitely exist…Steve Jobs, Tom Brady, Elon Musk, LeBron James, Peter Thiel, Clayton Kershaw, Jay-Z, Bo Jackson, Tony Robbins…they definitely walk amongst us. Freaks just seem to excel, not simply do well, but excel in everything that they do.

Most of us however are Tweeners. As tweeners, we can either stay average, or we can embrace our edges* and excel at them. It doesn’t matter how you perform in a vacuum. It only matters how you perform in life. Losers will wallow. Winners will act.

It was a long time ago that I stopped focusing on what I’m supposed to be able to accomplish and started focusing on what I’m going to accomplish. The only constant limiting factor has always been myself.

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47 Yards — Longest Field Goal Made in a Game (Mercedes-Benz Superdome)

5 — Number of Years as a Top 1% Sales Performer

$50K — Average Angel Investment Money Raised

3 — Number of Years as a Top 5% Sales Performer

41 — Direct Relationships with CXOs

$40K — Amount of Money Raised for Cancer Research

366 — Direct Relationships with Company Founders

3 — Number of Successful Startup Exits I’ve Been a Part Of

14 — Relationships That I Would Literally Die For

117 — Direct Relationships with EVPs

3 — Siblings That Would Do Anything For Me

429 — Direct Relationships with Fortune 500 Directors

2 — Parents That Are Proud of Me

$620MM — Company Acquisitions That my Sales Contributed to

2.5 — People That Love Me Waiting at Home (Dog is treated as mostly human)

*On Wall Street, any bit of information that provides insight over the competition for even a few seconds is known has “having edge.” It can result in millions of dollars lost or gained in less than a minute.

Image via Corrine Klug