Success is measured by how much positive difference you have made in your life and the lives of others in your family; community, society and humanity. And not by the selfish acquisition of status symbols and trophies of vain glory.

True success is imperishable!
~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

Not all status acquisition is out of selfishness.

true success is also a measure of how positive your attributes are and how the impacts you have made on others, status symbol or not.

Relative.

stillwater:

Not all status acquisition is out of selfishness.

Like the academic awards and professional achievements.
But how you use them matters.

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Sir Winston Churchill