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Notes from the Edge

Notes from the Edge

The Human Cost of High Performance

Jul 14, 2026 · 59m

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What does success cost when the person carrying it is quietly breaking underneath it?In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with James Lang, Managing Partner and co-founder of OverLang Venture Partners, for a conversation about ambition, identity, leadership, medical crisis, and the human cost of high performance.Before launching OverLang, James served as COO of a MedTech startup, where he helped grow the company to more than $20 million in revenue, built a global team of 60 people, and helped lead the organization toward a successful exit.Then a serious medical crisis changed everything.James was forced to reconsider what he believed about work, leadership, success,…