On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:54:04 GMT, Jose
wrote:

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.

Not by a long shot..

The OP has expired on my server, so I

This is more than a little thread drift and the OP was probably well
over a month ago. This is a thread that is an off spring of a thread
that is an offspring of a thread...etc... IF you are willing to wade
through that much it should be available by doing a google search on
Ethanol Powered Aircraft. There have been at least three threads
since the original including at least one or more with the same name
some of which are due to the posters actually posting instead of
replying which of course starts a new thread and who knows which one
goes where.

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".

Actually it's most people compared to what the sociologists use for a
definition.


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

As I recall it was phrased that we are no longer as success oriented
as we used to be, or at least that was the intent.

Many are success oriented without even knowing it. Most of us set
small goals each day, or week, or month. For some it's learning and
particularly with adult education and the retired.

The paragraph below is paraphrased from Cannon and Boglarsky (Wayne
State)

The goal setting is more related to a strong work ethic. Generally
these people are called "achievers", have a strong work ethic, are
family oriented, and have a strong sense of self worth.

IOW they believe in themselves, do their best, and strive to keep
improving "their station" in life.
orientation" is necessarily a good thing.

Extremism, even addiction, exists for most anything including
Conservatism, Liberalism, religion, sex, and .. well... you name it.

Some people are just not cut out for the psychological effort required
of goal setting. Others set goals too far in advance and end up
discouraged, or depressed while others become obsessed by it. None of
this is good.



Jose
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com