Success - A vague word..

People say there is no short cut to success. They also say you have to cross all the ladders of hard work tirelessly to achieve the ultimate aim where you feel you have ultimately got there. But does history prove the same? I guess in some cases yes. But we can also see numerous cases, where people had their success by fluke. I personally am a man who does not believe success in terms of money, but still if I have to do that then I can give examples of more than 50 second generation entrepreneurs who saw success at their feet when probably they were only in there mothers lap. But.. I know now critics will divert there definition to “Success is something, which you aim to reach, and when you have reached there, you can claim to be successful”. A seriously nice looking definition, but alas, IT MEANS NOTHING!! Only a diplomat’s way to confuse someone I guess. :)
Personally if question arises and if I say my aim of success is ultimate happiness. Well the ingredient for success may be money, my family, and it also can be fame or it can just be doing nothing, and sitting at home with least essentials like food and shelter. Still I can be happy and if I am, I am successful. Therefore how does the diplomat’s definition of success actually work? Well I guess success is a very conceptive word which makes the perfect sense when I synonym it with “Target Achieved”. And there are 1000’s of shortcuts to achieve your target. In fact the person who has taken the longest cut according to me would be only rich in experience and poor/old in age. I guess the conclusion is not too scary.. :) Any cmments??