Thank God for Success

How would you describe successful people, would it be those who have achieved wealth, or status, or fame, or would it be measured in the amount of friends and acquaintances a person has.  Could it be due to a particular set of skills, or talent for something. Are successful people defined as such, due to their personalities, or manner in dealing with other people or situations.  Do they have a presence that says that they have arrived, or could they be ordinary humble people that mingle with us a on a daily basis.  Firstly, I think that it has been proven many times that success does not lie in financial terms only.  Many a wealthy businessman has gone to his grave without being known as a successful person and there are many examples of very rich people, that have no personality, or are even considered as "chops".  Moreover, success cannot be measured merely in terms of talent, because again countless examples exist of those that have all the talent in the world, but squander it for drugs, alcohol and other vices.    The simple truth perhaps exists that successful people are those that are able, with grace to take hold of the God given talents, or skills with which they have been blessed and to use them in a manner that allows others to be affected positively by their interaction and leaves an indelible mark on you, that you come away from a meeting, or interaction with them feeling wholly uplifted, encouraged, or impressed.  You feel like you would want a connection with the person and you long to associate with the person again.  It is the ability to learn from such people and to have the faith to believe that within each of us lies a life of success,  if we are willing to surrender worldly attributes, materialism, external qualities and find our true North.