Thousands of people come to Mumbai every day. It is the city of dreams where thousands come from different cities, states and villages to become something in life, to be successful. They have dreams in their eyes and hope in their hearts. Some are very ambitious and come here to make it big in the glamour world. It’s a very beautiful feeling because I am one of them. Now, what exactly is success anyway? Fame, money, power over others -- is what success really is? I feel it is high time to reconfigure and reflect upon what success really means for you and me, to find a formula that makes sense in these challenging times. ‘It is not whether you win or lose but how you play the game that matters’. Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is in the doing, not the getting, in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard -- reaching for the highest that is in us — becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. We achieve to the degree that we overcome the negative. Achievers are willing to pay the price of achievement. They sacrifice, struggle, work on, perhaps alone, weary, and discouraged, and yet at each step overcome the negative. Overcoming the negative is the price of achievement, the price of greatness. Honesty is still the best policy. Before us lie two paths honesty and dishonesty. The short-sighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth: in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. There is nothing wrong with being who you are. The general attitude of the people is they quickly grasp bad things and they overlook the good. I still believe peace of mind is one of the best barometers of success there could be today- and not the least of which because it is so hard to achieve and then sustain it. It’s easier to make big money but to have peace of mind and sustain it is more difficult, easier said than done. But that’s what we need to strive for. Disclaimer: the views expressed in this column are those of the author and TellyChakkar does not necessarily subscribe to the same.