This is SO validating to me. By this definition of success, I've been wildly successful since my teens. My parents and the whole culture surrounding me found me incomprehensible. I knew even then what I did and didn't want. My brief involvement with MLM (multi-level marketing) in the 90s and the motivational stuff they shoved at us was like the screech of chalk on a board to my soul.

I've often been told I was kind. It comes naturally to me because I don't envy anyone and my first inclination is to encourage and support the other person. At work, colleagues were surprised that I was so willing to share what I'd learned and skills I had with them. They were used to people who preferred to withhold information.

As for health, I'm in my 60s now and carry a few extra pounds. I walk daily on my treadmill and my diet is far better than Warren Buffet's. It's not raw vegan, but it's relatively good. Sleep is definitely something I need to work on.

Besides inner peace, what would make me feel SO much richer these days is more time alone. I find solitude to connect to God essential to maintaining inner peace and a thriving spiritual life.