All the most successful people I know have learning disabilities. No, not all the people I know with learning disabilities are uniquely successful, but when you look at the most outsized success stories there’s usually a compensation there.
Disability can be a source of power.
I’ve been working with a founder of a global brand. This success speaks for itself, but what makes it unique is that according to him he has never been able to get or keep a job. He can’t fill out an application or demonstrate very basic “normal” skills. While his humility is obvious, he isn’t lying.
This compensation-as-a-means-for-success idea is common in athletics. Many practitioners will tell you that the world’s best athletes are rarely “optimal” movers. What is more true is more confusing:
The world’s best performers are the world’s best compensators.
Look at Lebron’s feet. They are screaming pathology much more than greatest-of-all-time. This is the reality behind many of the world’s most inspiring performers.
Most of you reading this sentence have a set of hindrances or weaknesses or limitations that get in your way. Rather than explain away your lack of results, it seems worthwhile to work on your compensation instead.
10/28/26 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 4 rounds of the following:
6 Sumo Deadlifts
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
8 KB Front Rack Roller Lunges(each)
10 Elbow Body Saws
15 Heel Elevated Goblet Squats
EMOM12
Min 1: 5 Barbell Floor Press
Min 2: 8 DB Roll Backs
Min 3: :20 Captain Morgan Holds(each)
DEUCE Garage GPP
10-10-10
Seated DB Arnold Presses
15-15-Max
Inverted Row
Then, complete 4 rounds for reps of:
In :75…
8/6 Cal Assault Bike
Max Sandbag Ground-To-Shoulder
— Rest 2:45 —