Success comes in many forms....
What you might class as success - I might look at as failure...and vice-versa.
The only way you should therefore measure it is by your own yardstick.
Trying to keep up with your friends, neighbors, or enemies is a sure-fire way to hinder your advancement.
Rather than looking to the outside for recognition - look inside instead.
Ask yourself - "Am I proud of what I am achieving right now?"
Only YOU know the answer to that question. All that prodding by other 'well meaning' friends and family about what you should do or how you should be, won't get you very far.
Unless you are true to yourself...unless you are really happy with yourself...unless you are truly confident about what you are doing with your life - then it won't make a blind bit of difference whether you succeed in the 'real world' or not.
Success comes from within and isn't measured in $ signs.
The $ signs only come once the inside has sorted itself out!
Posted by vurnumg