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:
Francisco Coronado
Spanish
Conquistador:
Francisco
Coronado
Main
Life Accomplishments:
He
was a Spanish conquistador, who between 1540 and 1542 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.
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..
Conclusion:
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