> or something The somethings you're looking for are huge levels of self discipline and low time preference. You can glance at a guy and tell he has that if h

> or something The somethings you're looking for are huge levels of self discipline and low time preference. You can glance at a guy and tell he has that if he has muscles; you can't glance at a guy and tell if he has a masters or phd. But since self discipline and low time preference BOTH can lead to muscular and academic success, as a generic search criteria just look for the muscles. Over decades in the gym I've noticed almost all the big guys are autodidacts, much like sysadmins / programmers / hackers. This includes all the positive, and negative, stereotypes of autodidacts.