Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously.
If somebody in your industry is more successful than you, it's because he works harder than you.
I work extremely hard doing what I love, mainly to ensure that I don't have to work extremely hard doing what I hate.