In the western societies people are judged by their achievements. People here make resumes, which point out key points that he or she has done. People make plans for the coming year what they want to prove or do. People admire others who have completed projects successfully, or have achieved their goals in life, have great house, a great car, a great family.
On the flip side, it also means you don't mean much if you don't achieve anything over here. Or at least achieve something that is admirable in the western society: status, wealth, glory, legacy.
Now contrast this to countries on the African continent, or the Caribbean, or any of the poorer third world countries. People here do not admire the same things we do in the west. People go about their lives, do what they have to to do to survive. Anything else is gravy. Long term thinking is not necessary, because they won't be around to experience it.
Their lives are just as significant as ours, but by our standards and from our perspective, they haven't and will not achieved much. To be frank it's too warm in the third world to do much past basic survival. Yet people are calm, and if they achieve that basic level, they can get around quite nicely. They don't have to make resumes, participate in the rat race, pay ludicrous taxes, worry about menial things like kindergarten lists, Britney's latest album, or economic downturns. In fact it was already mentioned to me that western societies are far colder and harder than a third world society.
In fact given the choice, would you move out? Would you leave behind a world of achievement to a world of comfort and warmth?
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