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
for Managers
Rules
for Self-Help
Rules
for Parents
Men
Vs. Women
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SuperAttainer:
Ferdinand Marcos
President of Philippines:
Ferdinand
Marcos
Main
Life Accomplishments:
He
was the tenth president of the Philippines, from 1965 to 1986. In 1972 he
declared martial law, which allowed him to stay in power until lifting it
in 1981. He has the distinction of being the last Philippine Senate
President to be elected to the presidency
Basics:
Born: September
11, 1917 in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte
Died: September 28, 1989 (72 years old) at Honolulu, Hawaii
Nationality: Filipino
Religion: Roman Catholic
Fields: Politics, Military
Main Accomplishments: Few credit Marcos for promoting Filipino
culture and nationalism. His 21 years in power with the help of U.S.
massive economic aid and foreign loans enabled Marcos to build more
schools, hospitals and infrastructure than any of his predecessors
combined. Due to his iron rule, he was able to impose order and reduce
crime by strict implementation of the law.
Chronology
of Life Events:
1917
Birth
of Ferdinand Marcos
1937
He
served as 3rd lieutenant in the Philippine Constabulary (national police)
Reserve in 1937. The same year, when he was still a law student at the
University of the Philippines
1939
In
April Marcos is arrested in connection with the 1933 murder of a political
rival of his father and has to complete his law degree while in custody.
He stands trial in September and is and found guilty.
1940
Marcos
appeals his conviction for murder, representing himself before the
Philippine Supreme Court. The appeal is upheld and the conviction
overturned. Marcos then becomes a trial lawyer in Manila.
1941
- 1945
During
the Second World War, Marcos serves as an officer in the Philippine armed
forces. After the war he claims to have led a guerrilla unit, the
Maharlikas, against the Japanese. It is later revealed that he played
little or no part in anti-Japanese activities during the war.
1946 Marcos returns to Manila to resume his law practice, becoming an
assistant to the Philippines president in 1947.
1949
Standing
as a Liberal Party candidate, Marcos is elected as a representative for
his home province to the Philippine Parliament, becoming the youngest
member ever to join the House. He successfully stands for reelection in
1953. It is reported that he uses his political influence for personal
enrichment and quickly becomes a multimillionaire.
1954
Marcos
marries Imelda Romualdez on 1 May.
1957
He
is again reelected to the House of Representatives. In 1959 he shifts from
the lower house to the Senate, topping the election and becoming the
opposition leader in parliament.
1961
Marcos
drops plans to stand as the Liberal Party candidate for the presidency on
the understanding that his nomination will be supported in 1965
In the meantime he is made head of the Liberal
Party. In 1963 he is elected Senate president.
1964
When
the Liberals refuse to honour the 1961 agreement, Marcos switches his
allegiance to the Nationalista Party. In November he is nominated as the
party's candidate for the presidential election of the following year.
1965
Marcos
is elected president in November, promising improved living conditions for
average Filipinos and land reform. While the first is achieved through an
ambitious program of public works, the latter is never seriously tackled.
He helps found the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),
established in 1967.
1969
Marcos
wins a second four-year term as president. He is the first president to be
reelected in the short history of the Philippine democracy. However,
growth slows and quality of life begins to deteriorate. Violence and crime
begin to become everyday occurrences. The Communist Party of the
Philippines (CPP) starts to make inroads in the provinces, with its
military wing, the New People's Army (NPA) spreading across the
archipelago.
1970
Social
unrest continues to build. Student demonstrators attempt to storm the
Malacanang Palace, the presidential mansion, on 30 January. Manila and
other large cities are rocked by random bombings. Marcos blames leftists
and suspends habeas corpus in August 1971, a prelude to martial law.
1971
At
a constitutional convention opposition delegates introduce a provision to
prevent Marcos from remaining as head of state or government once his
second term as president has expired. Marcos succeeds in having the ban
overturned the following year.
1972
Using
the excuse of an alleged assassination attempt against Defence Minister
Juan Ponce Enrile, Marcos declares martial law on 21 September, promising
to eliminate poverty and injustice and create a "new society".
It is later revealed that the assassination attempt had been staged by the
military.
1973
A
new constitution allowing Marcos to stay in office indefinitely and to
rule by decree is introduced. The result is confirmed by a fraudulent
referendum enabling him to continue as president until the end of martial
law and to arbitrarily appoint all government officials, including members
of the judiciary. Imelda Marcos is made governor of Manila and minister of
human settlements and ecology.
1976
The
constitution is amended further to allow Marcos to continue to rule by
degree even after the lifting of martial law.
1981
Marcos
proclaims the end of martial law on 17 January. He wins an overwhelming
majority in a presidential election held in June, but the vote is rigged
and is boycotted by the main opposition groups.
1985
In
November Marcos announces that an election for president will be held on 7
February of the following year. Corazon Aquino announces that she will
stand as a candidate.
1986
The
election is held on schedule but the results are contested, with the
opposition and Roman Catholic Church claiming widespread fraud and
intimidation. Marcos is proclaimed the official winner on 15 February,
sparking a rebellion by Defence Minister Enrile, armed forces
vice-chief-of-staff Fidel Ramos, and the commander of the Philippine
police, who also believe that the vote has been rigged. Calling on Marcos
to resign, the rebels receive the backing of the church and the support of
the people. The armed forces either join the rebellion or, faced-off by
massive crowds gathered around the rebel's camp, decline to intervene.
On
25 February the Marcoses run, abandoning the presidential palace and
flying to Hawaii in the US. Their 20-year regime is at its end. As the
Marcoses flee, Corazon Aquino is sworn in as president, riding in on the
massive wave of 'People's Power'.
When
Marcos arrives in Hawaii he is said to be carrying suitcases containing
jewels, 24 gold bricks and certificates for billions of dollars of gold
bullion. His Swiss bank accounts are estimated to contain between US$3
billion and US$35 billion stolen from his country. The Philippine's
foreign debt is about US$28 billion.
1987
It
is reported that Marcos is conspiring from his base in Hawaii to launch an
armed invasion of the Philippines and again seize power.
1988
Marcos
is indicted by a federal grand jury in New York in the US for offences
including mail fraud, fraudulent misappropriation of property and
obstruction of justice.
1989
He dies of a heart attack on 28 September while in exile in Honolulu,
Hawaii, and before his trial.
Early
Life:
Marcos
was born on September 11, 1917 in Batac, a small town in Ilocos Norte.
Named by his parents, Mariano Marcos and Josefa Edralin, after Ferdinand
VII of Spain, baptized into the Philippine Independent Church, Marcos was
a champion debater, boxer, swimmer and a wrestler while in the University
of the Philippines.
Marcos graduated cum laude with a law degree from the U.P. College of Law
in 1939 and was elected to the Pi Gamma Mu international honor society. As
a young law student of the University of the Philippines, Marcos was
indicted and convicted of the murder of Julio Nalundasan, the man who
twice defeated his father for a National Assembly seat. While in
detention, he studied for and passed the bar examination with one of the
highest scores in history. He appealed his conviction and argued his case
before the Supreme Court of the Philippines. His father, who had an
important voice due to his political position, coerced the Supreme Court
to acquit him of the charges.
When the Second World War broke out, Marcos was called to arms in defense
of the Philippines against the Japanese. He was a combat intelligence
officer of the 21st Infantry division. He fought in the three-month Battle
of Bataan in 1942, and was one of the victims of the Bataan Death March, a
Japanese war crime in which thousands of prisoners of war were forcibly
transported after being defeated. He was released later. Though he was
captured once more at Fort Santiago, he escaped and joined the guerrilla
movements against the Japanese. He claimed to have been one of the
guerrilla leaders in Luzon and that his greatest exploit was the Battle of
Besang Pass, though the veracity of his claims had been widely questioned.
However, genuine photos taken right after the war showed Marcos with
decorations on his chest: a Distinguished Service Cross, a Bronze Star and
a Purple Heart ]. Subsequent claims to other awards proved to be a point
of contention among historians.
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Wife
Background:
Imelda
Remedios Visitacion Romualdez-Marcos was born on July 2, 1929 in San Juan
de Dios Hospital in Manila. Her parents were Vicente Orestes Lopez
Romualdez (of Spanish blood) and Remedios Trinidad, the second wife of the
widowed Vicente. Her paternal ancestors, the Lopezes of Leyte (The eldest
daughter of Friar Francisco Lopez, the Lopez patriarch, Dona Trinidad
Lopez Romualdez is Imelda's paternal grand mother) , founded the town of
Tolosa, Leyte .[citation needed]Her own branch of the family was not
political. Her father was a scholarly man more interested in music and
culture than in public life. Her mother, a dressmaker who grew up in an
orphanage in Manila, is a Trinidad from the town of Baliuag, Bulacan,
famed for the charm of its women.
Imelda spent her childhood in the shadow of the Malacañang Palace in San
Miguel District in Manila, since her family then lived near San Miguel
Church. After his second wife Remedios died, and their home foreclosed,
Vicente moved his family back to Leyte to live with relatives, where
Imelda earned a bachelor's degree in education at St. Paul's
College."
She also became a beauty queen. At the age of 18, she was crowned the
"Rose of Tacloban," became "Miss Leyte", went to
Manila in 1953, and was named the "Muse of Manila" by then
Manila Mayor, Arsenio Lacson, after she protested her loss in the Miss
Manila pageant.
In 1954, Imelda met then-Ilocos Norte Congressman Ferdinand E. Marcos.
After a whirlwind courtship in Baguio during Holy Week, they were married
in May of that year at the Manila Pro-Cathedral Church with President
Ramon Magsaysay as principal sponsor. They have four children: Maria
Imelda "Imee" Marcos, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos,
Jr., Irene Marcos, and Aimee Marcos, who was adopted.
In 1966, Ferdinand Marcos became the 10th President of the Philippines.
Together with Imelda, he would rule the Philippines as a Dictator from
September 21, 1972 up to until he was ousted on February 1986 in the
famous People Power Revolution when he fled the Philippines.
Father
Background:
Mariano
Marcos was a self-disciplined and ambitious man who graduated young from a
Manila teaching school who later became a schoolmaster in Laoag, Ilocos
Norte. He plunged into politics and was twice elected as Congressman.
Mother
Background:
Josefa
Edralin was a landowner’s daughter and a onetime town beauty who
herself, chose to teach. While Mariano immersed himself in politics,
Josefa took care of their children, Ferdinand, Pacifico, Elizabeth and
Fortuna.
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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