Success or goal oriented (they are pretty much the same) is well
defined.

Well, it's a definition (thank you) of which I was not aware, and I
doubt I'm unique in that respect. The OP has expired on my server, so I
no longer have the context ("I said that the average individual's idea
of success oriented was...") but it seems all you're saying there is
"people have a mistaken notion of what X is".

But in terms of your definition (keep setting new goals), I don't think
the country was ever "success oriented", and I don't think "success
orientation" is necessarily a good thing.

Jose
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