High IQ is known to correlate with a number of generally desirable life outcomes. But IQ alone can’t single out the most exceptional individuals who will make the biggest impacts in their pursuits.

What combination of well-studied traits plausibly correlate with being a player character? Here’s 19 highly-measurable qualities that are more reliably found in those with high-impact lives:

The literature on psychometrics consistently finds that these traits are largely (1) stable in individuals over time, and (2) correlate with each other.

But perhaps the stability of these traits is brought about by people not trying to train them? If you want to be more of a player character, here’s a few resources to get you started on improving along these 19 dimensions: