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:
Henry Heinz
Founder
of Heinz Foods:
Henry
Heinz
Main
Life Accomplishments:
Henry
John Heinz is the man behind America's most famous ketchup, not mention
other popular condiments like mustard and relish. Heinz�s father
emigrated in 1840 from Bavaria to the United States, where he made his
career producing bricks. Later, after marrying and starting a family,
everyone relocated to Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania in 1850.
Heinz started his career in one room of the family's two-story house.
First he sold his grandmother's horse radish to locals and later worked
his way up to other grocery products. In 1969, the same year he married
Sallie Sloan Young, he launched Heinz & Nobel. Sadly, Heinz declared
bankruptcy in 1875 due to an abundance of crops. It was only one year
later that he began selling ketchup, celery sauce, pickled cucumbers,
sauerkraut and vinegar. Ten years later he made his first sale overseas.
Heinz also created the famous "pickle pin" and, by 1896, Heinz
had coined the popular company slogan "57 Varieties". Outside of
his business life, Heinz was extremely active in his community. He was
chair of the executive committee of the World's Sunday School Association,
a member of the Board of Missions and a director of the State Sunday
School Association. At the time of his death, Heinz was vice president of
the Western Pennsylvania Exposition Society and a director of the
Pittsburgh Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
Basics:
Born:
11-Oct-1844 Pittsburgh, PA
Died: 14-May-1919
Pittsburgh, PA
Nationality: American
Religion: Christian
Fields: Business
Main Accomplishments: Famous businessman who founded Heinz
Foods.
Chronology
of Life Events:
1844
Born.
1860
Developed
business of growing and selling produce.
1869
Formed
a partnership to make and sell horseradish.
1876
Started
F & J Heinz.
1888
Reorganized
company as H. J. Heinz Co.
1889
Won
first medal awarded in Europe to an American pickler.
1896
Introduced
“57 varieties” advertising slogan.
1905
Incorporated
H. J. Heinz Co. with Henry John Heinz as president.
1919
Henry
Heinz died.
Early
Life:
Henry
John Heinz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 11, 1844. His
father emigrated from Bavaria in 1840, settled in Pittsburgh, and set
himself up as a brick maker. Henry's mother, a German native, was also a
recent arrival in this country. In 1850, Henry's father moved his family
and the brick making business to Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. The Sharpsburg
home was comfortable and had a nice plot of land for a home garden. Young
Henry was encouraged to try his hand at gardening, and he took a liking to
producing fresh vegetables and roots. He was also a born entrepreneur. At
the age of 12, Henry was selling produce from his family's garden. At
first, he sold to local neighbors, and then he expanded his venture by
selling directly to grocers. He kept his customers happy by being honest
and always providing quality products.
In 1869, at the age of 25, Henry John Heinz went into business with a
neighbor, L. Clarence Noble. Their first product was grated horseradish,
from Henry's mother's recipe. Canned and bottled products at this time
were of varying quality, and some producers used colored bottles to mask
the condition of their ingredients. Henry wanted his products to highlight
their purity, so he bottled the horseradish in a clear glass bottle. The
idea worked, and the Heinz & Noble business thrived for several years.
They worked with lenders and increased their cultivation fields so they
could expand the amount and variety of their produce. They added other
high quality products to their line, including pickles, vinegar, and
sauerkraut. They delivered their goods by horse-drawn wagons to Pittsburgh
grocers, and became well-respected businessmen. At its height, the
partnership boasted a hundred acres of cultivated land along the Allegheny
River. But in 1875, the business floundered as a result of over-production
and over-extension, and it fell into bankruptcy as the banks themselves
collapsed.
Undaunted, Henry began again that same year, this time with a brother and
cousin as business partners. Henry still believed in his idea of
well-packaged, quality products. He knew that his horseradish, pickles,
and vinegar were superior products, so he kept those and added more
products to the line. His new company introduced tomato ketchup, which was
very well received. Then he added more products, such as pepper sauces,
olives, pickled cauliflower, pickled onions, mincemeat, mustard, baked
beans, and soups. Each of these products had to meet Henry's high
standards of quality, and Henry believed that for a finished product to be
superior, you had to start with high quality ingredients. He also believed
that production methods had to be clean and consistent. Further, he
believed that his processing and packaging plants had to be manned by
satisfied workers. Henry's factories were models of employee loyalty
because of the way the company treated all its workers. In fact, Heinz was
so adamant about the cleanliness of his facilities, and the well-being of
his employees, that he invited people into his factories to see for
themselves. It is said that H.J. Heinz invented the public factory tour.
Henry John Heinz also believed that the world was his marketplace. The
H.J. Heinz Company and its products became known worldwide, in large part
because of Henry's outstanding ability to market his products as superior
products. He coined the term "57 Varieties", which is still used
on some of the company's labeling today. His dedication to producing
quality products, combined with his outstanding genius in the area of
marketing, transformed the H.J. Heinz Company into one of the country's
leading food condiment companies. It also resulted in Henry John Heinz
reaching millionaire status by the time he was 52.
Henry John Heinz died on May 14, 1919, leaving the H.J. Heinz Company in
the hands of his family. His son Howard was already overseeing much of the
company's operations at the time of Henry's death. The H.J. Heinz brand
that Henry John Heinz created still stands as a model of branding success
and consumer confidence.
Wife
Background:
Sarah
Sloan Young, wife of Henry, was born in Sharpsburg, Allegheny Co,
Pennsylvania. The first-generation daughter of Irish immigrants. They
lived together for 25 years until Sarah's short bout with pneumonia and
ensuing death in 1894. The couple had five children, two of the sons later
joining the Heinz Company as officers: Irene, Clarence, Howard, and
Clifford, the fourth child Robert having died less than a month after
birth.
Father
Background:
His
father, Henry Heinz, was born in Kahlstadt, Bavaria, the town and kingdom
of those older ancestors, and came to this country and this city in 1840,
settled in "Birmingham," on the South Side, and engaged in the
making of bricks. In 1843 he married Anna Margaretta Schmitt, who had
recently come from Germany, and a little more than a year later the boy
was born who was called Henry John, and who was destined to become one of
the great figures of the world. All his life Mr. Heinz gave eloquent
witness to the immeasurable influence for good and thrift instilled in him
by his father and mother.
Mother
Background:
Anna
Margaretta Schmidt. Anna was born on 10 Jun 1822 in Hesse-Darmstadt,GY.
She was the daughter of Jacob Schmidt. She died on 29 Jan 1899 in Pa and
was buried in Sharpsburg,PA .
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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1.
3. Conceited
What are the actions and documented statements that exhibit an elevated
sense of self importance of the SuperAttainer?
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1.
4. Hard-Knocked
During what events did the SuperAttainer experience personal misery and
severe anxiety?
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1.
5. Loner
Is there evidence of the SuperAttainer being comfortable spending time apart
from others?
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1.
6. Mentored &
Motivated
Who was vital to developing the SuperAttainer and guiding his career and
what significant actions were taken?
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1.
7. Discontent
What evidence is there that the SuperAttainer was unsatisfied with even
great personal accomplishment?
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1.
8. Promoted
What actions or events were responsible for publicizing the tremendous
achievements and abilities of the SuperAttainer?
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1.
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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