To me success means reaching all your small set goals to reach the big goal you set for yourself. Like for me I set goals to graduate high school, go to college, get my bachelors, masters, and phd in political science/ law study, and then going for my doctorate in political science/ law study. But in order for me to reach these goals i need to have success in graduating high school in order to attain the rest of these set goals i have for myself.