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:
Jesus Christ
Central
Figure of Christianity:
Jesus
Christ
Main
Life Accomplishments:
Jesus
of Nazareth (7–2 BC/BCE—26–36 AD/CE), also known as Jesus Christ, is
the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian
churches as the Son of God and the incarnation of God. Islam considers
Jesus a prophet, and several other religions also consider him an
important figure.
Basics:
Born: 7–2
BC/BCE, Bethlehem, Judaea, Roman Empire
Died: 26–36
AD/CE. According to the New Testament, he rose on the third day after his
death.
Nationality:
Ancient Rome
Religion: Jewish
Fields: Religion
Main Accomplishments: Christian views of Jesus (see also
Christology) center on the belief that Jesus is divine, is the Messiah
whose coming was prophesied in the Old Testament, and that he was
resurrected after his crucifixion. Christians predominantly believe that
Jesus is the "Son of God" (generally meaning that he is God the
Son, the second person in the Trinity), who came to provide salvation and
reconciliation with God by his death for their sins. Other Christian
beliefs include Jesus' virgin birth, performance of miracles, ascension
into Heaven, and future Second Coming. While the doctrine of the Trinity
is widely accepted by Christians, a small minority instead hold various
nontrinitarian beliefs concerning the divinity of Jesus.
Chronology
of Life Events:
6-4
BC
Birth
of Jesus Christ
5-4
BC
Escape
to Egypt. Slaughter of children.
4
BC
Herod
the Great dies (spring).
7-8
AD
Jesus
visits Jerusalem as a child.
12
AD
Augustus
makes Tiberius co-regent.
14
AD
Tiberius
becomes Caesar (August 19th).
25
AD
Pilate
& Caiaphas appointed to office.
29
AD
Ministry
of John the Baptist begins.
29
AD
Christ's
ministry begins.
31
AD
Tiberius
executes Sejanus (Oct 18th).
33
AD
Jesus dies (Friday, April 3rd, 3:00pm).
36
AD
Pilate
dethroned. Caiaphas deposed.
37
AD
Tiberius
Caesar dies.
Early
Life:
According
to Matthew and Luke, Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea to Mary, a
virgin, by a miracle of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel of Luke gives an
account of the angel Gabriel visiting Mary to tell her that she was chosen
to bear the Son of God (Luke 1:26–38). According to Luke, an order of
Caesar Augustus had forced Mary and Joseph to leave their homes in
Nazareth and come to the home of Joseph's ancestors, the house of David,
for the Census of Quirinius.
After Jesus' birth, the couple was forced to use a manger in place of a
crib because of a shortage of accommodation (Luke 2:1–7). According to
Luke, an angel announced Jesus' birth to shepherds who left their flocks
to see the newborn child and who subsequently publicized what they had
witnessed throughout the area (see The First Noël). Matthew tells of the
"Wise Men" or "Magi" who brought gifts to the infant
Jesus after following a star which they believed was a sign that the King
of the Jews had been born (Matthew 2:1–12).
Jesus' childhood home is identified as the town of Nazareth in Galilee.
Except for a journey to Egypt by his family in his infancy to escape
Herod's Massacre of the Innocents and a short trip to Tyre and Sidon (in
what is now Lebanon), the Gospels place all other events in Jesus' life in
ancient Israel.[30] According to Matthew, the family remained in Egypt
until Herod's death, whereupon they returned to Nazareth to avoid living
under the authority of Herod's son and successor Archelaus (Matthew
2:19–23).
Only Luke tells that Jesus was found teaching in the temple by his parents
after being lost. The Finding in the Temple (Luke 2:41–52) is the only
event between Jesus' infancy and baptism mentioned in any of the canonical
Gospels. According to Luke, Jesus was "about thirty years of
age" when he was baptized (Luke 3:23). In Mark, Jesus is called a
carpenter. Matthew says he was a carpenter's son, however, the Greek word
used in the Gospel is "tekton" meaning "builder,"
which suggests he could have been an artisan of some type as well. It is
also assumed that Jesus may have spent some or all of his first 30 years
practicing his craft with his father (Mark 6:3, Matthew 13:55).
Mother
Background:
Mary
(Aramaic: מרים, Maryām, later Hebrew Miriam,
Greek Μαριαμ or
Μαρια, in Arabic
مَريَم Maryam, Syriac:
ܡܪܝܡ), called since medieval times Madonna (My
Lady), was, according to Christian tradition, a Jewish resident of
Nazareth in Galilee and known from the New Testament as the mother of
Jesus of Nazareth. The New Testament describes her as a young maiden –
traditionally, Greek parthénos signifies an actual virgin – who
conceived by the agency of the Holy Spirit whilst she was already the
betrothed wife of Joseph of the House of David and awaiting their imminent
formal home-taking ceremony (the concluding Jewish wedding rite).
Christians maintain that she was a virgin at the point of conception and
at least until the birth of Jesus. The Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox,
and Oriental Orthodox Churches and some Protestant also maintain that Mary
remained a virgin throughout the rest of her life.
The New Testament recounts her presence at important stages during her
son's adult life (e.g., at the Wedding at Cana and at his crucifixion).
Also, she was present at communal prayers immediately after Jesus'
Ascension. Narratives of her life are further elaborated in later
Christian apocrypha, who give the names of her parents as Joachim and
Anne.
Christian churches teach various doctrines concerning Mary, and she is the
subject of much veneration. The area of Christian theology concerning her
is known as Mariology. The conception of her son Jesus is believed to have
been an act of the Holy Spirit, and to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah that
a virgin (or young woman) would bear a son who would be called Immanuel
("God with us"). The Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox Churches venerate her as the Ever-Virgin Mother of God (Theotokos),
who was specially favoured by God's grace (Catholics hold that she was
conceived without original sin) and who, when her earthly life had been
completed, was assumed bodily into Heaven. Some Protestants, including
certain Anglicans, Methodists and Lutherans, embrace veneration of Mary
and also hold some of these doctrines. Others, especially in the Reformed
tradition, question or even condemn the devotional and doctrinal position
of Mary in the above traditions. Mary also holds a revered position in
Islam.
The Roman Catholic tradition has a well established philosophy for the
study and veneration of the Virgin Mary via the field of Mariology with
Pontifical schools such as the Marianum specifically devoted to this task.
The name "Mary" comes from the Greek
Μαρία, which is a shortened form of
Μαριάμ. This is a transliteration of the
Hebrew/Aramaic name Maryam. In later Hebrew the vowel "a"
changed (regularly) to "i" in a closed unaccented syllable, so
that by the time the Jews began to use vowel points, they wrote it as
Miryam.
SuperAttainer
ANALYSIS
SECTION:
1. Early Success
When
did the SuperAttainer first display ability that was greatly above average
and what were his accomplishments?
REFERENCES:
1.
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?
REFERENCES:
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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