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We all have that dream of being successful, we become intimidated by the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and so many others who have the power to buy some countries and even continents if they deem fit but then again, is success only defined by money?

How is success truly defined

Mr Taiwo Akinkunmi who designed our national flag, the green and white colored flag, symbolizing agriculture and peace, our proof of country, sign of independence, lived in poor conditions but gave us one of our richest and most successful insignia ever.

He made history books as a SUCCESSful man, yet he was poor until some people helped him. I began to ponder if success was tied to money. We created this mentality that success equals money and money equals success but is that true? Can we say categorically that it is true?
If success equals money, why do some people become "unsuccessful" after first being successful when it is all about money?

Success for the rich investor was never, has never and will never be about money. It is tied to value. Further proof can be derived from certain instances like a real estate kind of person who deals with acquisition primarily and has to select the best land and materials for building, the person focuses more on acquiring things rather than acquiring money. To such a person, his money is actually his acquisition such as land and buildings which has to be good enough before profit comes.

A successful investor has one thing in mind, the next best thing to spend money on, the person is less concerned about how much is left in the bank because the person keeps in kind that the banking system could fail and more so the banking system won't provide enough profit as an investment will and so the logical option will be to use money to find money, meaning investing to get more. The aim is getting the right investment first before the thoughts of money multiplication comes in.

Warren Buffet is known as a successful investor first of all but some do not know that his billions are not kept as raw cash, rather a vast percentage of it is kept as investments scattered around the globe. Does that mean he is unsuccessful because he doesn't have billions in his bank account, but rather, in his investments?

Like I said, success is subjective and we have to define it, but only according to the right definition. Money can be considered as success but then that means a person with a thousand dollars and someone with a million dollars are in the same successful shoe right?
Success comes not from money but value generated around us. Value can be investments, businesses or other forms.