Success in life is measured by these:
- Did you follow your dreams?
- Did you do what was important to you?
- Did you enjoy doing it?
- Were you helpful to others and not hurtful.
- Is the world a better place because of your activity?
It's the process, not the end game. If you die with a fat bank account but lived a stressful, unhappy, damaging life, you didn't succeed. You failed.
There used to be a popular bumper sticker that read He who dies with the most toys, wins! In truth, he who dies with the most toys is dead.