How did I find out I was a loser?

I had always regarded myself as a winner that is, it never occurred to me that I might be a loser. This might be due to the fact that I am widely-read and knew a lot of things in great detail. My appetite for information was insatiable and I read everything there is to read about anything that my mind wanted. The curiousity was tremendous and there seemed to be no limit to what could be learned. This led me to believe that I would succeed in everything that I wanted to do. And this might be the source of my problem.

As I had said earlier, I had skills and brains and talent. People liked me. I once set out to become president of the student council and I did it. There seemed to be no limit to what I can achieve. I was in the honors class. I had a band and we played in school events. I was popular. Who would think that there was a closet loser hiding beneath a seemingly sure-fire winner?