Finding a Force of Nature

I read a post by Sam Altman a few months ago, How to Be Successful.

Kitschy, very Dale Carnegie title but good content.

One remark especially resonated with me, “I try to always ask myself when I meet someone new ‘is this person a force of nature?’ It’s a pretty good heuristic for finding people who are likely to accomplish great things.”

As many people do, often unconsciously, I rely on my intuition when meeting people — listen to how my body responds more than my mind. Our bodies have spent millennia evolving, much more than the…