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How
To Assess Super
Attainers
Main Ingredients for Making Super Attainers
1. Early Starters
Super Attainers often start doing amazing things early in their life. This gives them a head-start in learning all of the difficult lessons required to achieve greatness. Wolfgang Mozart, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are a few of many examples. Sometimes they are pushed at a young age into a leadership position with fathers (examples are Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan and Julius Caesar).
2. Nonconformists
It is safe to say that Super Attainers are not crowd followers. The making of momentous discoveries or promoting new ideas requires a personality that shows disdain for established authority and traditional opinions. Many great leaders led people who are culturally different from them in some important way. A few examples include: Adolf Hitler (Austrian Leading Germans), Joseph Stalin (Georgian leading Russians), Napoleon (Corsican Leading French).
3. Praise Be To Me
It is uncommon for Super Attainers to be humble about their abilities. They are supremely confident in themselves. They are often described as arrogant by others and are prone to disparage competitors. In advanced societies, many Super Attainers have come to recognize that being known as arrogant does not help their purpose and they do a good job of appearing modest. However, a bit of digging into their personality should uncover a deep feeling of self-significance.
4. Mentored & Motivated
Parents and other committed mentors often play a strong role in convincing Super Attainers in their childhood that they are extraordinary and developing their abilities. Some work with other great
Attainers and later carry on their work. They are often sent to the best schools and get the best tutors for extra training. Mothers can play a strong role if they are supremely confident in their son's natural abilities and pass on this belief in a manner that it is internalized. Mussolini`s mother is quoted as saying, `If he becomes a soldier, he will be a general. If he becomes a monk, he will be a pope`. Pope John Paul II`s mother told everyone who would listen that her new baby would `be a great man one day.` Extreme examples are 2 of history's greatest leaders, Alexander the Great and Jesus of Nazareth. In both instances, highly religious mothers were convinced their children were sons of supernatural beings.
5. Alone to the Top
Super Attainers are often described by others as dreamers, outsiders, cold-hearted and similar labels often given to loners. They are comfortable spending time in the company of themselves to ponder, study and develop. Many develop a love of solitary activities such as book-reading early in their life. They are not usually enthusiastic participants in team activities except when they are leader of the group, otherwise preferring individual activities. Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Joseph Stalin and Erwin Rommel are a few examples of these people
6. Hard-Knocks Schooled
Super Attainers have often experienced traumatic times when their career or even their lives were in great peril. Childhood illnesses are one way that Super Attainers gain this feeling of vulnerability and resolve to overcome it. It is during these times that they gain an anxious feeling about their time in the world and comes to desperate realization that they must accomplish all they can when they have the chance because it can all come crashing down in the future.
7. Discontentment
Superior Attainers have an abnormally strong need for continuous accomplishment. Success does not bring them a sense of peace. They always see some other person who has more than then they do and scheme to overtake them. Super Attainers are impatient, dissatisfied and edgy when not engaged in activities that lead to the fulfillment of their goals. They seem psychologically unstable in this regard compared with others.
Two Types of SuperAttainers
I. Aristocratic SuperAttainers
Pampered and pompous, these people excelled despite having been given it all. They attended the best schools and hobnobbed with the best minds. Because they are so deeply bonded to a successful elite, they are able to keep grounded when great success disrupts people sense of normality. They are less likely to lead themselves and their followers down the paths of mutual destruction. On the down-side, they are conservative and elitist. Real change seldom happens with these people in charge.
Examples include: Winston Churchill, Peter the Great, Frederick the Great and Louis XIV.
II. Come-From-
Nothing
SuperAttainers
Rags to riches, these people pull themselves up through tremendous obstacles. Luck plays a role but most of their success is due to relentless force of character. Since they come from outside the establishment, they can be great agents of change. Unfortunately, they are prone to crash and burning when they inevitably overstretch themselves and their supporters. These people need to develop devoted relationships among powerful people who can keep them grounded.
Examples include: Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Ferdinand Marcos.
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SuperAttainer:
Francisco Coronado
Spanish
Conquistador:
Francisco
Coronado
Main
Life Accomplishments:
He
was a Spanish conquistador, who between 1540 and 2007 visited New Mexico
and other parts of the southwest of what is now the United States. He was
born in Salamanca, Spain.
Basics:
Born: 1510
in Salamanca, Spain
Died: September 22 1554 ( 44 years old) at Mexico city
Nationality: Spanish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Fields: Exploration
Main Accomplishments: He discovered the Grand Canyon
Chronology
of Life Events:
1510
Francisco
Vazquez de Coronado was born in Salamanca, Spain
1535
Coronado
went to New Spain (Mexico) with Antonio de Mendoza
(1490–1552)
the Spanish Viceroy
1537
Coronado
had married the wealthy daughter of the colonial treasurer. They had eight
children.
1538
Francisco
Vazquez de Coronado was made governor of Nueva Galicia
1539
Viceroy
Antonio de Mendoza is told of the Seven Cities of gold. The myth is given
credence by a Franciscan friar named Marcos de Niza (1495–1558) who
tells of a gleaming city called Cibola that local Indians described as
only the smallest of the seven which holds more gold than the Incas
1539
The
Viceroy tasks Coronada with searching the South West for Cibola and the
Seven Cities of Gold
Feb
23 1540
Francisco
Vazquez de Coronado begins his exploration of south-western North America
in search of the Seven Cities of Gold
Jul
7 1540
Battle
against the Peublo Indians at Zuni - Coronado is wounded but establishes a
base
1540
Francisco
Vazquez de Coronado reaches Cibola but it was not El Dorado the gleaming
city of wealth described by Fray Marcos. Fray Marcos de Niza was dismissed
as guide and sent back in disgrace. An Indian guide, nicknamed the Turk,
tells of another rich kingdom called Quivira. Coronado believes yet
another myth no doubt fuelled by the fabulous gold and silver which was
found in the cities of the Aztecs and the Incas
Apr
23 1541
Coronado
sets out for Quivira
Jun
29 1541
The
Spanish explorers cross the Arkansas River
1541
Spanish
explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado arrives in Kansas in search of gold
& silver and reach Quivira. Huge disappointment again when Quivira is
found to be no more than a poor indigenous village of the Wichita
1541-1542
Coronado
and his Spanish expedition spend the winter on the Rio Grande
Apr
1542
Francisco
Vazquez de Coronado starts the journey home. He had failed to find El
Dorado, the Seven Cities of Gold but had made a tremendous voyage of
discovery across America. During the expedition his men discovered the
Grand Canyon
1542
The
Viceroy brands the expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado an abject
failure but Coronado retains his post of Governor
1544
Coronada
was found guilty of atrocities against Indians and removed from office. He
was sent to work in a minor position in Mexico City
Sep
22 1554
Francisco
Vasquez de Coronado died
Early
Life:
From
the time of the earliest Spanish voyages to the New World, the soils of
Texas have inspired a continuous flow of legends and searches for deposits
of gold, silver and other treasures. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was
among the very first of this long line of fortune seekers in Texas.
Coronado
was born at Salamanca, Spain in 1510. At the age of twenty-five, he sailed
to the New World, and settled in Mexico City. There, he married, started a
family, and was appointed in 1538 as governor of the province of Nueva
Galicia.
In
response to reports of riches at the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola,
Coronado led an expedition into what is now the southwestern United States
and northern Texas. The expedition totaling nearly one thousand men left
Mexico in 1540. After months of searching, however, the expedition found
no trace of treasure. Most of the party returned to Mexico the following
year, but Coronado and a smaller force continued the search. They finally
returned to Mexico City, with their saddlebags still empty, in the spring
of 1542.
Although
Coronado lost considerable credibility during the expedition, he regained
his post as city councilman on his return to Mexico City, and remained in
that position until his death on September 22, 1554.
Wife
Background:
Doña
Beatriz de Estrada was a daughter of don Alonso de Estrada and doña
Marina Flores Gutiérrez de la Caballería. Having served the royal crown
faithfully in Flanders (Netherlands) and Sicily, don Alonso de Estrada (b.ca.
1470, Ciudad Real, Castilla la Nueva) found himself in the favor of the
Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Rey don Fernando II, El Católico, of Aragón
and Reina doña Isabel, La Católica, of Castilla (r.1479-1504). While in
service as Corregidor of the city of Cáceres, Estrada was given royal
appointment in 1523 as Tesorero (Treasurer) de Nueva España. Don Alonso
proceeded to Nueva España arriving in Veracruz the same year as his
appointment, having left his wife and children in Spain. This ambitious
and grandiose man quickly entered into the political intrigue of Nueva
España and was eventually successful in supplanting the great
conquistador of Tenochtitlán (Mexico City), don Hernán Cortés, as
Governor of Nueva España (1526-1528). In early 1528, don Alosno’s wife
and their five youngest children, all daughters, arrived in Nueva España
having successfully completed the three month journey from Spain in the
company of fray Julián Gárces, first bishop of Tlaxcala.
Doña Marina Flores Gutiérrez de la Caballería became an influential and
prominent women of early Nueva España, particularly following the death
of her husband in 1531. As matriarch of her small family in Nueva España
she expanded her influence by making careful matrimonial alliances between
her daughters and prominent conquistadors. In time, she became the
matriarch of one of the three most politically powerful extended families
of Nueva España in the sixteenth century. Her eldest daughter, doña
Luisa de Estrada, became the wife of Capitán don Jorge de Alvarado y
Contreras, conquistador de México, son of don Gómez de Alvarado,
Caballero de Santiago, and doña Leonor de Cervantes. The next daughter
was doña Marina de Estrada who was married to don Luis Saavedra de
Gúzman, second son of don Juan de Saavedra, Conde de Castellar, and a
grandson of the Duque de Medina Sidonia. Then followed doña Ana de
Estrada who was the wife of don Juan de Sosa Cabrera, Tesorero de Nueva
España immediately after don Alonso de Estrada. The fourth daughter was
doña Francisca de Estrada who was married to don Alonso Dávalos Saavedra,
Conquistador de México. The youngest daughter, doña Beatriz de Estrada,
became the wife of the famous early explorer of New Mexico, don Francisco
Vásquez de Coronado.
Father
Background:
Francisco's
father, Juan Vázquez de Coronado, went very young to America, at only 17
years old, and established first in Mexico and then in Guatemala, where he
started to fulfill official charges, such as Deputy of the Cabildo of the
City of Santiago de los Caballeros and Ordinary Alcalde of Guatemala. In
1548 he married Isabel Arias-Dávila, the daughter of Captain Gaspar
Arias-Dávila, and a first cousin to Pedrarias Dávila, both of whom were
amongst the most prominent Conquerors of New Spain and Guatemala. Having
issue, he passed to El Salvador, where he enjoyed of an encomienda at
Naolingo and was appointed Alcalde-Mayor of San Salvador in 1549. Later he
appears occupying the same charge in Honduras in 1556 and in Nicaragua in
1561 and finally in Costa Rica in 1562. In the country he distinguished
himself for the pacific and fair way with which he executed the tasks of
the conquest, being very respected and esteemed either by the Indians and
by the Spanish colonists. In 1565 he traveled to Spain where for his
merits King Philip II granted him the charge of Governor of Costa Rica and
the hereditary title of Adelantado of Costa Rica. However, in the return
voyage to take possession of his charges, his ship disappeared in a storm
in front of the coasts of southern Spain.
Mother
Background:
Francisco's
mother was Isabel de Luján, who had already given birth to another son,
Gonzalo.
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