Yeah, success is often equated with income, prestige, social status - other people's opinions of you, in short. I don't want to buy into that definition. I don't feel that success = happiness either; happiness is an emotion that fluctuates, and a successful person will have some happy moments and some unhappy ones, right? And that's fine.
To try and define what success means to me:
- consistently doing what I'm afraid to do
- having a loving, trusting and strong support network
- living in line with my values
- having a positive impact on those around me
Anyway, why should success be a future concept, a destination? If we're living in line with our values and connecting with others and facing our fears right now, aren't we being "successful" right now?