Success, achievements, personality and influence have been described with different view points. In most cases from the general acceptable angles, success has been ascribed to be all that tangible wealth could conform with. The media gave credence to this position as the information reeled out by them are in confirmation with the above opinion. From the material aspect, it goes down to attach the places one has been as an evidence of success. More so, once success is mentioned, people want to know the brand of car one drives, the brand of apparels one wears and lastly the balance of ones account in the bank.

The world remains a capitalist one. All over the world, it has been a case of a winner takes it all, the fast over taking the slow while the big swallows the small. All that is seen by and heard of people is tangible possessions as a measure of success.

When success is mention and people demand to know the brand of car one drives, houses owned, school attended, where one lives, club membership et certra, it is not bad at all. These things are important to indicate and also induce others to remain on the track of success being the only tangible thing that the eyes can see. These things propel people to achievement faster. Yet, that is not all there is!

Many individuals are living and some gone to the great beyond that never considered material things and never went for them. In the words of classical music maestro Yanni, he attributes success to achieving creativity, happiness, love, truth and imagination. Gandhi, one of the topmost achievers of the orient never had material wealth nor did he acquire a fat bank account. Yet among the achievers he stands tall and unmistakable. Intellectual properties abound. Many of them drives mankind’s continued existence. Their monetary equivalent cannot be easily calculated even when they are made public. Regrettably they are not given prominence.

Success is not all about money nor is it all about tangible wealth. Success is all about achieving and surpassing ones set goals in his life time. There men and women who are behind some monumental achievements who are happy their ideas and projections are successful and are in use today. For them their definition of success is to start and complete a noble course satisfactorily. Among them are teachers, composers, thinkers, scientists, politicians, strategists et al. for them, they are among the successful having planted the seed of greatness in many minds.

There is more to success than meet the eyes. It’s more than tangible wealth. Success has been redefined. It starts and ends with affecting lives positively and advancing mankind.