True success is defined by who you are, not what you have. It’s not based on bank accounts or Instagram followers, but on values essential to the human spirit.

I recently read a thought provoking essay about success. The writer — a psychologist, author, and well-known speaker — enumerated his personal definitions of success, a list that, remarkably, had absolutely nothing to do with work, status, or wealth.

Every new author has two fantasies when they publish their first book. The first fantasy is that it will be a runaway best-seller.

I’ve long struggled with the definition of success defined as money and fame. Perhaps real success is all in how you define it.