interesting article but I think you have to first define 'success.' A Buddhist monk wouldn't describe success in the same way as a wall street trader, or a writer, or an athlete. So what does success even mean? Are we talking about monetary success? If so, why would we assume that success = happiness if every major religion (ie -- "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.") not only warns us against this connection, but actually implies that wealth is actually in conflict with happiness, holiness, and an afterlife?