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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Sultan
of Egypt & Muslin Hero:
Saladin
Main Life Accomplishments:
Sultan of Egypt and Syria, was an illustrious
twelfth century Kurdish Muslim general and warrior from Tikrit, in present
day northern Iraq. He founded the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt, Syria, Yemen
(except for the Northern Mountains), Mesopotamia, Mecca, Hejaz and Diyar
Bakr. Although he is known worldwide as Saladin his real name was Yousuf.
Muslim leader of the Third Crusade. The
capture of Jerusalem in 1187. The chivalrous relationship between the
Christian King Richard the Lionheart and the Muslim leader Saladin
Basics:
Born:
Born c. 1138 into a Kurdish
Died: Died March 4, 1193 at Damascus
Nationality: Kurd
Religion: Muslim
Fields: Military, Politics
Main Accomplishments: He was the most famous Muslim hero and a
consummate military tactician.
Chronology of Life Events:
c. 1138
Birth of Saladin
1169
Saladin eventually succeeded the defeated
faction and his uncle as vizier
1171
Saladin had the imams pronounce the name of
Al-Mustadi, the Sunni and, more importantly, Abbassid caliph
1171 & 1172
Saladin retreated from an invasion of the
Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Nov 25, 1177
He was defeated by the combined forces of
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Raynald of Chatillon and the Knights Templar
1178
A truce was declared between Saladin and the
Crusader States
1179
Saladin spent the subsequent year recovering
from his defeat and rebuilding his army, renewing his attacks
1187
Saladin conquered most of the Kingdom of
Jerusalem.
Jul 4, 1187
1187, he faced at the Battle of Hattin the
combined forces Guy of Lusignan, King consort of Jerusalem, and Raymond
III of Tripoli.
Aug 29, 1179
He captured the castle at Bait al-Ahazon and
approximately 700 prisoners were taken and executed.
Oct 2, 1187
He recaptured Jerusalem
1188
Saladin released Guy of Lusignan and returned
him to his wife
1189
They sought to reclaim Tyre for their kingdom
Sep 7, 1191
Saladin was defeated by King Richard I of
England at the Battle of Arsuf
Mar 4, 1193
Saladin died at Damascus
Early Life:
Saladin was born c. 1138 into a Kurdish[5]
family in Tikrit and was sent to Damascus to finish his education. His
father, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, was governor of Baalbek. For ten years Saladin
lived in Damascus and studied Sunni Theology, at the court of Nur ad-Din
(Nureddin).
After an initial military education under the
command of his uncle, Nur ad-Din's lieutenant Shirkuh, who was
representing Nur ad-Din on campaigns against a faction of the Fatimid
caliphate of Egypt in the 1160s, Saladin eventually succeeded the defeated
faction and his uncle as vizier in 1169. There, he inherited a difficult
role defending Egypt against the incursions of the Latin Kingdom of
Jerusalem, under Amalric I. His position was tenuous at first; no one
expected him to last long in Egypt where there had been many changes of
government in previous years due to a long line of child caliphs fought
over by competing viziers. As the leader of a foreign army from Syria, he
also had no control over the Shi'ite Egyptian army, which was led in the
name of the now otherwise powerless caliph Al-Adid.
When the caliph died, in September 1171,
Saladin had the imams pronounce the name of Al-Mustadi, the Sunni and,
more importantly, Abbassid caliph in Baghdad, at sermon before Friday
prayers; authority simply deposed the old line. Now Saladin ruled Egypt,
but officially as the representative of Nur ad-Din, who himself
conventionally recognised the Abbassid caliph. Saladin revitalized the
economy of Egypt, reorganized the military forces and, following his
father's advice, stayed away from any conflicts with Nur ad-Din, his
formal lord, after he had become the real ruler of Egypt. He waited until
Nur ad-Din's death before starting serious military actions: at first
against smaller Muslim states, then directing them against the Crusaders.
With Nur ad-Din's death (1174), he assumed the title of sultan in Egypt.
There he declared independence from the Seljuks, founded the Ayyubid
dynasty and restored Sunnism in Egypt. He extended his territory westwards
in the maghreb, and when his uncle was sent up the Nile to pacify some
resistance of the former Fatimid supporters, he continued on down the Red
Sea to conquer Yemen. He is also regarded as a Waliullah which means
someone who is religiously close to God to the Sunni Muslims.
Father
Background:
Ayyub was the son of Shadhi ibn Marwan and
brother of Shirkuh. The family belonged to the Kurdish tribe of Rawadiya,
itself a branch of the Hadhabani tribe. They were closely connected to the
Shaddadid dynasty, and when the last Shaddadid was deposed in Dvin in 1130,
Shadhi moved the family first to Baghdad and then to Tikrit, where he was
appointed governor by the regional administrator Bihruz. Ayyub succeeded his
father as governor of Tikrit when Shadhi died soon after.
In 1132 Ayyub was in the service of Zengi, and participated in a battle
against the Seljuk Sultan near Tikrit. Najm ad-Din saved Zengi's life when
he assisted Zengi's retreat across the Tigris. In 1136, Shirkuh killed a
Christian with whom he was quarrelling in Tikrit, and the brothers were
exiled (Ayyub's son Yusuf, later known as Saladin, was supposedly born the
night they left). Zengi appointed Ayyub governor of Baalbek, and when the
town was besieged in 1146 by Mu'in ad-Din Unur, the atabeg of the Burid emir
of Damascus, Ayyub surrendered it and retired to Damascus. Shirkuh,
meanwhile, entered the service of Zengi's son Nur ad-Din, who had designs on
Damascus; when the Second Crusade besieged the city in 1148, Nur ad-Din
forced Mu'in ad-Din and the Burids into a reluctant alliance. Soon Nur
ad-Din demanded the city be handed over to him, and Ayyub and Shirkuh
negotiated the surrender of the city in 1154. Ayyub remained governor of
Damascus under Nur ad-Din's rule. He was held in such honour that he was the
only one of Nur ad-Din's officials allowed to remain seated in his presence.
Ayyub's son Saladin also took up service with Nur ad-Din, and he was sent to
Egypt to take control in Nur ad-Din's name during the period of joint
crusader-Byzantine invasions. In 1170 Ayyub joined him there, either
summoned by Saladin himself, or sent by Nur ad-Din to convince Saladin to
depose the last Fatimid caliph. Saladin offered the vizierate to him, but he
refused, and instead was granted Alexandria, Damietta, and Al Buhayrah as
personal fiefs. Many of Saladin's other relatives also joined him in Egypt.
Nur ad-Din did not trust Saladin and his family, correctly assuming that
they were consolidating power against him; Ayyub publicly supported Nur
ad-Din, but privately warned his son that Nur ad-Din should never be allowed
to take Egypt from him.
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?
REFERENCES:
1.
3. Conceited
What are the actions and documented statements that exhibit an elevated
sense of self importance of the SuperAttainer?
REFERENCES:
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?
REFERENCES:
1.
6. Mentored &
Motivated
Who was vital to developing the SuperAttainer and guiding his career and
what significant actions were taken?
REFERENCES:
1.
7. Discontent
What evidence is there that the SuperAttainer was unsatisfied with even
great personal accomplishment?
REFERENCES:
1.
8. Promoted
What actions or events were responsible for publicizing the tremendous
achievements and abilities of the SuperAttainer?
REFERENCES:
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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