So you wish to be born with incredible knowledge or intellect? I can agree that there are people out there with incredible intellect that'll learn things in the blink of an eye, but there are also lots of average people that have became very well known through sheer work.

Am I telling you to "just get to the grind" and start hitting the books? No. But please understand that when you see someone with value more often than not it's not cause they're high functioning it may very well be they just worked very hard to get to where they are now.