Funny how some folks' idea of "success" would be pure Hell for some of us. Even funnier that they would be as miserable in our shoes as we'd be in theirs. 
Money is a tool, not an end, and while enough is nice, ridiculous amounts likely wouldn't do a heck of a lot of good. I don't drink, smoke, (although I like a bit of smokeless tobacco from time to time), love coffee, but seldom take so much as an aspirin otherwise. I don't want a building named after me, a statue in the park, or to be POTUS with all the hassle involved. That much power involves equal temptation to abuse it, and with the increase in the number of folks out there I'd admittedly be content to slap, It'd be a sore temptation, indeed.
Better to live a humble life and be at peace with myself, my family, my friends, and my God.
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Smokin, a serious reflection.
Man's earliest structured culture/society arose in Sumer (Mesopotamia) almost years 6,000 past, headed by a Monarch, the norm of rule across the globe till the eve of the Great War.
Many successive cultures continued to improve Man's condition by the application
of creative ideas to daily life; among them the rules of Agriculture, the discovery of
the elements of Nature as a means of improving Man health thereby extending his life
and the application of the order of Mathematics enabling him to construct bridges,
roads and tunnels, as well as structures, extending his reach/vision.
As Plato knew, a spiritual awareness was required for creativity to flourish, yet none
of our forebears were motivated by riches, as history attests.
Yet what about us who proclaim our greatness, daily. What proof is offered supporting this???
Why it's the testament of the 'fat wallet', doncha know!
I raise this, not as an argument, but rather because I sense a sea change in attitude is
bubbling below the surface and playing a role in the sturm und drang that plagues us
for a lot longer that we realize/understand.
