Originally posted by walesa:
Of course, it depends on what you want to define success as - if
one wants to insist scoring 1/100 in an exam or making a living as
a coal miner for life(no disrespect to coal miners there 
) as great success in life, I don't suppose anyone can
argue with that person. That said, we're using a tangible benchmark
here I suppose.
The point is, successful people may engage in activities that are
considered frivolous to others, but not to them. Hence, ultimately,
the concept of something being frivolous is subjective? In [b]this
instance, however, I can only infer the threadstarter has
doubts over whether he is able to "make it" because he feels he
doesn't fit in with the culture of others. (I mean, it's quite
obvious if he did, he wouldn't be pondering whether he could "make
it" based on the list of activities listed). In essence,
this is more a post that addresses the threadstarters' point of
view rather than it being a general thread on what constitutes
success.
Ja, ich spreche Deutsch, aber ich konversiere selten in Deutsch.
Ihre 'etwas' Deutsch ist nicht schlecht - Sie sind
besser als viele Anfänger. Dennoch, Ihre 'signature' soll "Ich bin
Ihre typische Lesbierin nicht" sein.[/b]
gosh. We're talking about successful multi-millionares here. Do
u really think they're not frivolous? Gosh... everytime I watch
those "the fabulous life of..." shows on MTV, i get insanely
jealous! Trust me. Successful people engage in the frivolous as
much as non-successful people do. But successful people also have a
lot of drive to do the hard and dirty, and they also do have some
luck.
Anyway, I think threadstarter is just out for some re-assurance.
dun think his "cannot make it" is talking about success. in sg
lingo, can make it and cannot make it (the 2 CMIs) refer to how
"cool" a person is, or something along those lines. 
Und ja. Danke Schön. Lesbierin has 2 meanings I think? I can say
for sure im not harvest beer. 
