@mahajan yeah; every (weekday) morning I get to battle Wall Street wits as I fight (trade) to make $$$$ in the market every day. Helping startups succeed is nice too-:).
Fuck you money. In the bank or investment, whatever. But an amount that you know you're set for life with no new income. That is the base line success for me. Then there are different levels from there.
I never got the whole happiness things as a goal, for the most part, I'm always happy so not much to strive for there. Family? Family is great too so again, no drive there.
Ultimately, for me, success is defined as having something big or hard you have to really work for to achieve. When you do that, you're successful.