Identifying
SuperAttainers
The
SuperAttainment Research Center is funding a multi-year study of high achieving individuals across a great variety of fields and geographies. The purpose is to determine key attributes indicating an propensity toward superior achievement that can be recognized by most people with experience managing other people.
The work is ongoing and is being expanded continuously.
The
SuperAttainment Research Center is an initiative to help people
in management positions identify high potential leaders and channel
them toward meaningful contributions to their organizations and to
society at large.
The
8 attributes of SuperAttainers listed below are considered some of
the
most common and easiest to identify when accompanied by other
aspects of career success.
8
Attributes of
SuperAttainers
1. Early Success
The Early Bird Gets the Worm…and Everything Else
SuperAttainers usually begin doing amazing things early in their life. In fields like music and sport, it has long been
understood that for a child to have a chance at greatness, he needs to begin around age 3 and then work at it for many years. In business and politics, unusual ability is also recognized early in a SuperAttainer’s career and is followed with many years of continued achievement. In the greatness game, it is the rabbit who wins the
race -- as long as he persists like the tortoise.
2. Contrarian
When in Rome, Don’t Do As the Romans
SuperAttainers generally think of themselves as different and apart from other people. They can often be described as rebellious and
disobedient by those who try to rule over them and are never willing crowd followers. Tremendous success seems to require doing things tremendously different.
Doing things a little better will yield results that are only a little better than others and this is not what SuperAttainers are interested in.
3. Conceited
The Pride Before The Rise
In order for someone to be thought of as great in the minds of others, he must first be thought of as great in his own mind. The tremendous achievements of SuperAttainers seem to be merely a realization in the outer world of what is already in their inner world. Predictably, it is uncommon for such people to be overly shy about describing their abundant abilities. Many SuperAttainers 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. Hard-Knocked
Nothing Succeeds Like Suffering
SuperAttainers have often experienced traumatic periods when their careers or even their lives were in great peril. It is during these times that they gain a deep seated feeling of personal vulnerability that can stay with them for the rest of their lives. The advantage to the future SuperAttainer is that they become consumed by the realization that they must accomplish all they can while they have the chance because it can all come crashing down at any time. It is a psychological condition that will drive them to greatness for
the rest of their lives.
5. Loner
One is Company, Two is a Crowd
SuperAttainers are often described by others as dreamers, outsiders, cold-hearted and similar labels often given to loners. They are comfortable spending long periods in the company of themselves to ponder, learn and envisage the future. 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
leading the group.
6. Mentored
& Motivated
Behind Every Great Man are His Parents
Parents often play
the key role in the cultivation and realization of SuperAttainers,
spending immense amounts of time and money to give their offspring
the skills, experiences and relationships required for immense
amounts of success. They tutor baby SuperAttainers from the crib,
send them to the best schools and put them in touch with the best
mentors. It has been shown that mothers, in particular, can play a
strong role if they are supremely confident in their son's innate
abilities and then take devoted and continuing action to develop
them.
7. Discontent
Patience is No Virtue
SuperAttainers have an abnormally intense need for continuous accomplishment. Success does not bring these people a sense of inner peace. There is always someone else to overtake or a higher target to aspire to. They are impatient, dissatisfied and edgy when not engaged in activities that lead to the fulfillment of their personal goals. They seem psychologically unstable in this regard compared with most people.
8. Promoted
Self-Flattery Gets You Everywhere
There have been many great people who have lived and died in the history of our species but nobody knows most of them because their achievements were inadequately documented. In order to be thought of as a great success by large numbers of people, someone needs to be a great success at publicizing the SuperAttainer. In most instances, it is the SuperAttainers
themselves who are great self-promoters. In other cases, another talented person takes on the critically important role.
TWO
TYPES OF SUPERATTAINERS
1. Aristocratic SuperAttainers
Pampered and pompous, these people excel despite having been given it all. They grow up with all the best things, attend the best schools and hobnob with the best minds. Because they are so deeply bonded to a powerful and privileged elite, they are often conservative and elitist. Real change seldom happens with these people in charge. On the plus side, they are less likely to lead themselves and their followers down paths of mutual destruction. Examples of Aristocratic SuperAttainers include: Winston Churchill, Peter the Great, Louis XIV and Frederick the Great.
2. Come-From-
Nothing
SuperAttainers
Rags to riches, these people pull themselves up to greatness 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. Examples of Come-From-Nothing SuperAttainers include: Joseph Stalin,
Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Mao Zedong.
Rules
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for Self-Help
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for Parents
Men
Vs. Women
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SuperAttainer: Elvis Presley
"King of
Rock'n Roll:"
Elvis Presley
Main
Life Accomplishments:
Elvis Aaron Presley a was an American singer,
musician and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly referred to by his
first name, and as the "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" or "The King".
In 1954, Presley began his career as one of the first performers of
rockabilly, an up-tempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a
strong back beat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing "black" and
"white" sounds, made him popular—and controversial—as did his uninhibited
stage and television performances. He recorded songs in the rock and roll
genre, with tracks like "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" later embodying
the style. Presley had a versatile voice and had unusually wide success
encompassing other genres, including gospel, blues, ballads and pop. To
date, he has been inducted into four music halls of fame.
In the 1960s, Presley made the majority of his thirty-one movies—mainly
poorly reviewed, but financially successful, musicals. In 1968, he
returned with acclaim to live music in a television special, and
thereafter performed across the U.S., notably in Las Vegas. Throughout his
career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and
recordings sales. He is one of the best-selling and most influential
artists in the history of popular music. Health problems, drug dependency
and other factors led to his premature death at age 42.
Basics:
Born:
January 8, 1935(1935-01-08) Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
Died: August
16, 1977 (aged 42) Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Religion: Protestant
Nationality: American
Fields: Arts
Main Accomplishments: Elvis Presley was an American singer,
actor and song producer. He also was known as the King of Rock 'n Roll.
More than one billion Elvis records have sold worldwide, with 120 singles
in the U.S. top 40 — 20 reaching number one.
Chronology
of Life Events:
1935
Born
1946
Elvis gets his first guitar. It cost $12.95 at the Tupelo Hardware
Store.
1948
The family moves to memphis.
1953
Elvis graduates from Humes High School.
Jan 6, 1957
Elvis appears on the Sullivan show. Careful camera work ensures that
he is only seen from the waist up!
Early 1960
Elvis is promoted to Sergeant.
1962
Priscilla Beaulieu flies from West Germany to visit Elvis in Memphis
for Christmas. By early 1963 she will move there, finishing her senior
year of high school in Memphis.
1966
February; he's at work on movie number 22 - Spinout.
Dec 1966
Elvis proposes to Priscilla.
May 1967
Elvis married Priscilla in a small, private ceremony at the Aladdin
Hotel in Las Vegas. A press conference and breakfast reception follow.
Then the couple honeymooned for a few days in Palm Springs.
1968
Nine months to the day of their wedding, Priscilla gives birth to Lisa
Marie Presley.
1970
Elvis back at the International Hotel where he breaks his own
attendance records.
1975
Sadly, Elvis must be hospitalized again for drug related medical
problems. His health has begun to decline.
Dec 1976
Elvis makes his last appearance at the Hilton.
1977
Elvis tours in the early part of 1977 but from April 1-5, he is again
hospitalized and some shows have to be cancelled.
Aug 16, 1977
Died
Aug 18, 1977
Elvis is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis.
Early
Life:
Elvis Presley was of mixed ancestry. His
father, Vernon (April 10, 1916–June 26, 1979), had several low-paying
jobs, including sharecropper and truck driver. His mother, Gladys Love
Smith (April 25, 1912 – August 14, 1958) worked as a sewing machinist.
They met in Tupelo, Mississippi, and eloped to Pontotoc County where they
married on June 17, 1933.
Presley was born in a two-room shotgun house, built by his father, in East
Tupelo. He was an identical twin—his brother was stillborn and given the
name Jesse Garon. Growing up as an only child he "was, everyone agreed,
unusually close to his mother." The family lived just above the poverty
line and attended an Assembly of God church. Vernon has been described as
"a malingerer, always averse to work and responsibility." His wife was
"voluble, lively, full of spunk" and had a fondness for drink. In 1938,
Vernon was jailed for an eight dollar check forgery. His incarceration
caused Gladys and her son to lose the family home, and they had to move in
with relatives.
In September 1942, Presley entered first grade at Lawhorn School in
Tupelo.[16] Presley was sometimes bullied; classmates threw "things at
him—rotten fruit and stuff—because he was different... he stuttered and he
was a mama's boy." Despite this, he was considered a "well-mannered and
quiet child".
On October 3, 1945, at age ten, he made his first public performance in a
singing contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show at the
suggestion of his teacher Mrs. J.C. Grimes. Dressed as a cowboy, the young
Presley had to stand on a chair to reach the microphone and sang Red
Foley's "Old Shep." He came second, winning $5 and a free ticket to all
the Fair rides.
In 1946, for his eleventh birthday, Presley received his first guitar. He
had wanted a bicycle or rifle for his birthday, but his parents could only
afford a guitar. Over the following year, Vernon's brother, Vester, gave
Elvis basic guitar lessons. In September 1948, the family moved to
Memphis, Tennessee, allegedly because Vernon—in addition to needing
work—had to escape the law for transporting bootleg liquor. In 1949, they
lived at Lauderdale Courts, a public housing development in one of
Memphis' poorer sections. Presley practiced playing guitar in the laundry
room and also played in a five-piece band with other tenants. Another
resident, Johnny Burnette, recalled, "Wherever Elvis went he'd have his
guitar slung across his back... [H]e'd go in to one of the cafes or
bars... Then some folks would say: 'Let's hear you sing, boy.'" Presley
enrolled at L. C. Humes High School where some fellow students viewed his
performing unfavorably; one recalled that he was "a sad, shy, not
especially attractive boy" whose guitar playing was not likely to win any
prizes. Presley was made fun of as a 'trashy' kind of boy, playing
'trashy' hillbilly music."[25] Other children however, "would beg him" to
sing, but he was apparently too shy to perform.
In September 1950, Presley occasionally worked evenings as an usher at
Loew's State Theater—his first job—to boost the family income, but his
mother made him quit as she feared it was affecting his school work. He
worked again at Loew's in June the following year, but was fired after a
fistfight over a female employee.[27] He began to grow his sideburns and,
when he could afford to, dress in the wild, flashy clothes of Lansky
Brothers on Beale Street. He stood out, especially in the conservative
Deep South of the 1950s, and was mocked and bullied for it. Childhood
friend Red West said: "In the sea of 1600 pink-scalped kids at school,
Elvis stood out like a camel in the arctic. ... [but] ... his appearance
expressed a defiance which his demeanor did not match..." Despite any
unpopularity or shyness, he was a contestant in his school's 1952 "Annual
Minstrel Show" and won by receiving the most applause. His prize was to
sing encores, including "Cold Cold Icy Fingers" and "Till I Waltz Again
With You".
After graduation, Presley was still rather shy, a "kid who had spent
scarcely a night away from home". His third job was driving a truck for
the Crown Electric Company. He began wearing his hair longer with a
"ducktail"—the style of truck drivers at that time.
Wife Background:
Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, (born Priscilla
Ann Wagner; May 24, 1945) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is
the ex-wife of singer and musician Elvis Presley, and the mother of
singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. Priscilla is the founder of Elvis
Presley Enterprises, where she served as chairman of the board from 1982
to 1998. As an actress, Priscilla is best known for co-starring with
Leslie Nielsen in the three successful Naked Gun films, and for her
five-year run on the popular television series, Dallas.
Presley is a devoted member of the controversial Church of Scientology[1]
and speaks publicly for the religion's anti-psychiatry front group the
CCHR.
Father
Background:
Vernon Presley was known to Elvis always as,
"Daddy", and Vernon often referred to Elvis to everyone as the boy. Vernon
took care of financial matters throughout Elvis' life. He was scared that
they would lose the money and end up broke again. This is why he was so
scared of the Memphis Mafia, because Elvis wanted to share his riches and
give the Mafia gifts all the time. Cautious, Vernon believed the guys were
hangers-on, but nonetheless, did form bonds with different members of the
Mafia.
Mother
Background:
Gladys Love Smith Presley (April 25, 1912-August
14, 1958) was Elvis' Mother. Elvis' relationship with his mother is very
well known for the intenseness of it. She married Vernon in 1933 (while he
was only 17). She was extremely protective after Elvis and she worked long
hours at several jobs. Relatives and friends in both Tupelo and Memphis were
saying that her overwhelming love for Elvis was a response to the loss of
Jesse Garon, Elvis stillborn twin brother. Her death from a heart attack
triggered by acute hepatitis on August 14, 1958 was only more cruel and
shattering, because she just could pull back a little, after Elvis became so
famous and rich. She was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery. It is common
knowledge that her death was the most important emotional experience in
Elvis' life.
SuperAttainer
ANALYSIS SECTION:
1. Early Success
When did the SuperAttainer first display ability
that was greatly above average and what were his accomplishments?
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2. Contrarian
What actions did the SuperAttainer take that demonstrated a mindset that was very different from those around him?
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3. Conceited
What are the actions and documented statements that exhibit an elevated sense of self importance of the
SuperAttainer?
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4. Hard-Knocked
During what events did the SuperAttainer experience personal misery and severe anxiety?
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5. Loner
Is there evidence of the SuperAttainer being comfortable spending time apart from others?
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6. Mentored & Motivated
Who was vital to developing the SuperAttainer and guiding his career and what significant actions were taken?
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7. Discontent
What evidence is there that the SuperAttainer was unsatisfied with even great personal accomplishment?
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8. Promoted
What actions or events were responsible for
publicizing the tremendous achievements and abilities of the SuperAttainer?
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Overall
Score:
x
out of 8 = xx%
PASS
SuperAttainer
Type:
Describe the factors in the SuperAttainer’s background to indicate
whether he is a Come-From-Nothing or Aristocratic type..
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