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:
Muhammad Ali
Jinnah
Founder
of Pakistan:
Muhammad
Ali Jinnah
Main
Life Accomplishments:
Was
an Indian Muslim politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who
founded Pakistan and served as its first Governor-General. He is
officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam
Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress expounding ideas
of Hindu-Muslim unity and helping shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact with the
Muslim League; he also became a key leader in the All India Home Rule
League. Differences with Mohandas Gandhi led Jinnah to quit the Congress
and take charge of the Muslim League. He proposed a fourteen-point
constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in
a self-governing India. His proposals failed amid the League's disunity,
driving a disillusioned Jinnah to live in London for many years.
Several Muslim leaders persuaded Jinnah to return to India in 1934 and re-organise
the League. Tempered by the failure to build coalitions with the Congress,
Jinnah embraced the goal of creating a separate state for Muslims as in
the Lahore Resolution. The League won most Muslim seats in the elections
of 1946, and Jinnah launched the Direct Action campaign of strikes and
protests to achieve "Pakistan", which degenerated into communal
violence across India. The failure of the Congress-League coalition to
govern the country prompted both parties and the British to agree to
partition. As Governor-General of Pakistan, Jinnah led efforts to
rehabilitate millions of refugees, and to frame national policies on
foreign affairs, security and economic development.
Basics:
Born:
Born December 25, 1876 in Karachi, British India
Died: Died September 11, 1948 (72 years old) at Karachi, Pakistan.
Nationality: Pakistan
Religion: Muslim
Fields: Military, Politics
Main Accomplishments:
Chronology
of Life Events:
Dec
25, 1876
Birth
of Jinnah
1892
He
passed the matriculation examination of the University of Bombay. Jinnah
was offered an apprenticeship at the London office of Graham's Shipping
and Trading Company,
1896
Jinnah
joined the Indian National Congress
Jan
25, 1910
Jinnah
became a member on the sixty-member Imperial Legislative Council.
1913
He
joined the All India Muslim League and became the president
1920
Jinnah
resigned from the Congress,
1927
Jinnah
entered negotiations with Muslim and Hindu leaders on the issue of a
future constitution
Jul
26, 1943
Jinnah
was stabbed and wounded by a member of the extremist Khaksars in an
attempted assassination.
1941
Jinnah
founded Dawn
Aug
16, 1946
Jinnah
issued a call for all Muslims to launch "Direct Action" to
"achieve Pakistan"
Oct
30, 1947
Jinnah
asserted in a speech in Lahore
1940's
Jinnah
suffered from tuberculosis
1948
Jinnah's
health began to falter
Sep
11, 1948
Jinnah
died from a combination of tuberculosis and lung cancer.
Early
Life:
Jinnah
was born as Mahomedali bhai Jinnahbhaiin Wazir Mansion, Karachi, Sindh—then
a province of the Bombay Presidency of British India. Although his
earliest school records were to state that he was born on October 20,
1875, he himself later in life would give December 25, 1876 as his
official date of birth. Jinnah was the eldest of seven children born to
Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja. His father, Jinnahbhai (1857–1901), was
a prosperous Gujarati merchant who had moved to Sindh from Kathiawar,
Gujarat shortly before Jinnah's birth. The firstborn Jinnah was soon
joined by six siblings—brothers Ahmad Ali, Bunde Ali, and Rahmat Ali,
and sisters Maryam, Fatima and Shireen. Jinnah's family belonged to the
Ismaili Khoja branch of Shi'a Islam. Their mother tongue was Gujarati,
however, in time they also came to speak Kutchi, Sindhi and English. The
young Jinnah, a restless student, studied at several schools: at the Sindh
Madrasatul-Islam in Karachi; briefly at the Gokal Das Tej Primary School
in Bombay; and finally at the Christian Missionary Society High School in
Karachi, where, at age sixteen, he passed the matriculation examination of
the University of Bombay.
The same year, 1892, Jinnah was offered an apprenticeship at the London
office of Graham's Shipping and Trading Company, a business that had
extensive dealings with Jinnahbhai Poonja's firm in Karachi. However,
before he left for England, he married, at his mother's urging, a distant
cousin, Emibai, who was two years his junior. The marriage was not to last
long: a few months later, Emibai died. Later, during his sojourn in
England, his mother too would pass away. In London, Jinnah soon left the
apprenticeship to study law instead, by joining Lincoln's Inn. In three
years, at age 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in
England. Around this time, Jinnah also became interested in politics. An
admirer of the Indian political leaders Dadabhai Naoroji and Sir
Pherozeshah Mehta, he worked, with other Indian students, on the former's
successful campaign for a seat in the British Parliament. Although, by
now, Jinnah had developed largely constitutionalist views on Indian
self-government, he nevertheless condemned both the arrogance of British
officials in India and the discrimination practised by them against
Indians.
During the final period of his stay in England, Jinnah came under
considerable pressure when his father's business was ruined. Settling in
Bombay, he became a successful lawyer—gaining particular fame for his
skilled handling of the "Caucus Case".Jinnah built a house in
Malabar Hill, later known as Jinnah House. He was not an observant Muslim
and dressed throughout his life in European-style clothes, and spoke in
English more than his mother tongue, Gujarati. His reputation as a skilled
lawyer prompted Indian leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak to hire him as defence
counsel for his sedition trial in 1905. Jinnah argued that it was not
sedition for an Indian to demand freedom and self-government in his own
country, but Tilak received a rigorous term of imprisonment.
Wife
Background:
He
was married to Emibai. She was his distant relative. At the time of her
marriage, Emibai was around 14 or 16 years old. But, Emibai died shortly
after Jinnah
had gone to London. At around the same time, his mother
also died.
Jinnah
married his second wife Rattanbai Petit ("Ruttie"), twenty-four
years his junior. She was the fashionable young daughter of his personal
friend Sir Dinshaw Petit, of an elite Parsi family of Bombay. Unexpectedly
there was great opposition to the marriage from Rattanbai's family and
Parsi society, as well as orthodox Muslim leaders. Rattanbai defied her
family and nominally converted to Islam, adopting (though never using) the
name Maryam Jinnah -resulting in a permanent estrangement from her family
and Parsi society. The couple resided in Bombay, and frequently travelled
across India and Europe. In 1919 she bore Jinnah his only child, daughter
Dina Jinnah.
Jinnah's
personal life and especially his marriage suffered during this period due
to his political work. Although they worked to save their marriage by
travelling together to Europe when he was appointed to the Sandhurst
committee, the couple separated in 1927. Jinnah was deeply saddened when Rattanbai
died in 1929,
after a serious illness.
Father
Background:
His
father born 1857
& died 1901
(aged 44), Jinnah Poonja, was a
wealthy man and Jinnah was the eldest of his 7 children.
His
father, Jinnahbhai, was a prosperous Gujarati merchant who had moved to
Sindh from Kathiawar, Gujarat shortly before Jinnah's birth.
Mother
Background:
Mithibai.
Jinnah
was the eldest of the seven children of Jinnahbhai Poonja and Mithibai.
His family had migrated to Sindh from the Kathiawar area of Gujarat,
India.
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?
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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