Traits and signs of exceptional people.
- They can massive risks and pursue asymmetrical bets in life – most people play it safe.
- They are very curious. To that extent, easy tells of curious people are those who use: Anki, Obsidian/Logseq/Roam Research, Zotero, and Fatebook.
- They help out without expecting anything in return.
- Mean to your face but will always defend you behind your back.
- Great and articulate writers. Likely a byproduct of reading a lot.
- For some reason, many of those attribute their success to luck + hard work.
- Inherently impatient. Signs of this include typing fast, lots of random small optimizations, and interrupts people when speaking.
- They are always ahead on important questions and insights in the world.
- Interesting quirks that manifest as hobbies or side projects. Double bonus if they pursued it as a teenager and it was against the mainstream.
- They energize you; they make you feel like you can do anything after talking with them.
- They do not believe in permanent setback – it’s just another problem to solve.
- For founder specific stuff: Founder Traits.