Over time, you develop a kind of sixth sense for exceptional people. It’s difficult to describe until you’ve seen it enough times, but eventually certain traits become unmistakable Normies will say “duh it’s because of traits like confidence, status, intelligence, chip on their shoulder, etc.” those are all clues, but I believe it’s something much deeper: more like it’s an inability to live below their potential for very long They can distract themselves, suppress it, or temporarily lose their way, but sooner or later they return to the path because there is no real alternative. The drive is intrinsic and everything else is too boring for their ‘God-given’ abilities When you meet people like this, it’s almost as if there’s a force pulling them forward that is stronger than the forces pushing them off course One of the most valuable skills you can develop is learning to recognize these people. The other is having enough humility to recognize them when they’re far beyond your current understanding (this is easier said than done) There are levels of talent, conviction, and agency that can completely reshape your model of what’s possible You don’t need to fully understand those people to learn from them either, you just need enough openness to recognize that they exist. That humility alone puts you ahead of most people, because it keeps your perception expanding instead of defending the limits of what you already know