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How
To Assess Super
Attainers
Main Ingredients for Making SuperAttainers
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:
Oda Nobunaga
Great
Japanese Military Leader:
Oda
Nobunaga
Main
Life Accomplishments:
He
was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history.
Basics:
Born: June
23, 1534 Nagoya Castle, Owari Province
Died: June 21, 1582 Honnō-ji, Kyoto
Nationality: Japanese
Religion:
Fields: Politics, Military
Main Accomplishments: He was the first individual to attempt
to unify Japan at the end of the Warring States period; his ultimate goal,
though he never realized it, was to bring all of Japan "under a
single sword" (tenka-fubu ).
Chronology
of Life Events:
1534
Born
the second (or maybe third) son of Oda Nobuhide however is the first son
not born to a concubine so is heir to the Oda clan and domain.
1539
Becomes
master of Nagoya castle around the age of 5. Is separated from father and
mother who raise his younger brother Oda Nobuyuki at Suemori castle, while
Nobunaga is brought up alone by retainer Hirate Masahide.
1547
Nobunaga
sees first, however short, military action
1549
Marries
daughter of Saito Dosan, daimyo of Mino province (Gifu prefecture). It is
a political marriage set up by his father and Hirate Masahide.
Unification
of Owari Province
1551
Father
Nobuhide dies and Nobunaga inherits domain. Becomes engaged in struggle
with younger brother Nobuyuki for succession of the Oda clan and with
others for total control of Owari province.
1552
Battle of Kaizu. Nobunaga defeats the rebelling Oda Nobutomo.
1553
Retainer
Hirate Masahide commits seppuku out of shame for Nobunaga. Nobunaga meets
father-in-law Saito Dousan for the first time.
1555
Battle
of Ino. Defeats younger brother Nobuyuki and Shibata Katsuie to become
undisputed head of the Oda clan.
1556
Father-in-law
Saito Dousan killed in coup in Mino province.
1557
Nobuyuki
again plans to overthrow Nobunaga. Nobunaga informed of the plot by
Shibata Katsuie and in turn forces Nobuyuki to commit seppuku.
1558
Battle
of Ukino. Defeats the Oda Nobukata, last of the rebelling relatives in
Owari province.
1559
Nobunaga
goes to Kyoto to announce his unification of Owari province to the 13th
Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
First
Major Campaign
1560
Battle
of Okehazama. Defeats invading daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto, ruler of the
Mikawa (eastern Aichi prefecture), Suruga (western Shizuoka prefecture),
and Totomi (eastern Shizuoka) provinces.
1562
Forms
"Kiyosu alliance" with Matsudaira Motoyasu (later Tokugawa
Ieyasu), new daimyo of Mikawa province.
Tenka
Fubu
1567
Nobunaga
invades and conquers Mino province. Starts to have ambitions of conquering
all of Japan, calling it Tenka Fubu, "Conquer through military
force".
1568
Oda
Nobunaga marches his armies into Kyoto at the request of 14th Ashikaga
shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki. With Kyoto conquered and Ashikaga Yoshiaki
installed as a puppet shogun, the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese
history officially begins (overlaps with Muromachi period until 1573).
1570
Battle
of Ane river (Battle of Anegawa). Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat
the combined forces of daimyos Asakura Yoshikage and Azai Nagamasa.
1571
Attacks
and razes the Tendai warrior monk complex Enryakuji on Mt. Hiei near
Kyoto.
1573
Invades
and conquers Echizen and Wakasa provinces. Nobunaga drives last Muromachi
shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki out of Kyoto. The Muromachi shogunate ends.
Invasion
of Chugoku (Western Honshu)
1575
Battle of Nagashino. Nobunaga and Tokugawa
Ieyasu defeat Takeda Katsuyori. First invasion of Tamba by general Akechi
Mitsuhide.
1579
Akechi Mitsuhide invades Tanba for the 3rd time and finally conquers
it. Settsu province also invaded and conquered. Mimasaka and Bizen
provinces "given" to Nobunaga.
1580
Miki
Castle falls after 2 year siege by Nobunaga's general Hashiba Hideyoshi.
Invades and conquers Tajima. Inaba province invaded.
1581
Hashiba
Hideyoshi lays siege to Tottori castle. Inaba province conquered.
1582
Hashiba
Hideyoshi invades Bitchu province. Takeda clan falls under the forces of
Nobunaga; Shinano, Kai, and Suruga provinces conquered. Nobunaga falls in
coup (Honnoji no Hen) by retainer Akechi Mitsuhide at Honnoji Temple,
Kyoto.
Early
Life:
Oda
Nobunaga was born on June 23, 1534, at Nagoya Castle and was given the
childhood name of Kippōshi (吉法師,
Kippōshi?). His mother was Tsuchida Gozen, Nobuhide's wife, making
him Nobuhide's first legitimate son; therefore, by the age of two, he
became the ruler of Nagoya Castle. Through his childhood and early teenage
years, he was well known for his bizarre behavior and received the name of
Owari no Ōutsuke (尾張の大うつけ,
Owari no Ōutsuke? The Fool of Owari). With the introduction of
firearms into Japan, though, he became known for his fondness of
Tanegashima firearms. He was also known to run around with other youths
from the area, without any regard to his own rank in society.
Wife
Background:
Nōhime
(濃姫,
Nōhime?) also Kichō (帰蝶)
or Lady/Princess Noh, was the wife of Oda Nobunaga, a major daimyo during
the Sengoku period of Japanese history. Her proper name was Kichō,
but since she came from Mino Province, she is most commonly referred to as
Nōhime (Princess of Mino). She was renowned for her beauty and
cleverness.
Nōhime's father was the daimyo Saitō Dōsan and her mother
was known as Omi no Kata. Nōhime herself appears very little in any
historical record, and there is not a lot of information on the dates of
her birth or death; however, proposed dates for her birth fall between
1533–1535.
Nōhime was said to be extremely intelligent and stunningly beautiful.
At their wedding, Nobunaga described her as having "the mind of a
genius and the appearance of a goddess." She was married to him in
1549, during a truce between his father, Nobuhide, and Saitō Dōsan.
The marriage was a political gesture and many believe there was little
love between Nōhime and Nobunaga. Though she was the official wife of
Oda Nobunaga, it is often believed that he focused his love on his
concubine, Kitsuno, who bore him his first son, Nobutada. Nōhime was
never able to conceive a child with Nobunaga and it was believed that she
was barren.
Through lack of historical record there is not much information of what
became of Nōhime or even the date of her death. Overall, it can be
said that Nōhime's life as it is known now is more of a mixture of
legends, folktales, and tentative half-truths.
Father
Background:
Oda
Nobuhide (織田信秀,
Oda Nobuhide? 1510–April 8, 1551) was a warlord and magistrate of lower
Owari Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. He was the father of
Oda Nobunaga.
As the head of the Oda clan, Nobuhide was involved in open warfare as he
was fronted to the north by Saitō Dōsan, daimyo of Mino
Province, and to the east by Imagawa Yoshimoto, the daimyo of Mikawa,
Suruga, and Tōtōmi provinces. However, he was never able to
fully unite Owari Province. Though he managed to hold his own against any
of the opponents, constant internal struggles within Oda clan prevented
him from archieving a complete victory. In 1549, Nobuhide made peace with
Saitō Dōsan by arranging a political marriage between his eldest
son, Nobunaga, and Saitō's daughter, Nōhime. Supported by Dōsan,
Nobuhide focused on facing Imagawa. In one of his moments of glory, he
managed to capture Matsudaira Motoyasu on route to Imagawa as a hostage.
He was thus able to gain some footholds into Mikawa.
Mother
Background:
Tsuchida
Gozen was married to Oda Nobuhide and was the mother of Oda Nobunaga, a
major feudal warlord in the Sengoku period of Japan. She was also the
mother of three of his brother, Nobuyuki, Nobukane and Hidetaka; and two
of his sisters, Oinu and Oichi. It is assumed that she is the daughter of
Tsuchida Masahisa, but that is unclear because her real name is unknown.
She is buried at Shitennō-ji in modern day Tsu, Mie Prefecture.
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