I suppose my post was more inflammatory than necessary.  I don't really have any problem with people who know what makes them happy and manage to achieve it.  What I don't like to see in the community around me is people who have no desire to see the "big picture" or how they fit into it, trusting their senator/boss/etc. to do that for them.  People seem to me to be lacking a concept that they are part of a bigger system, except when the media reminds them of the fact.