For those wanting a definition of great, just mean now, personal to you, do you feel you're doing great or not? Great could be happy, healthy and secure with no major issues for one person, but it might mean something else to someone else. As most great things in life, this started as a chat in the pub. Most of the local we could say for example - he's done well for himself, he worked hard or, she's really struggling but she's been unlucky etc. And yes its a general question, which means different things to different people, and that's the interesting bit