I agree; I try to avoid losers and wimps because they take away my energy. Mostly I make friends with young people that have their dreams and still have enthusiasm to act.
I think that the main key to success is hard work, but Poland is a weird country and I'm afraid these rules don't apply here.
By the way, yesterday my husband anf his friend's child had a very serious discussion about studying.My husband says that higher education is important; few years ago I would have agreed with him but right now I'm not so sure about it. Anyway, the duscussion was very interesting.
What I want to say, not every rule "invented" in the West apply for us.