Could I be " successful"? Sure but what would it take? First I have to be taught. Unfortunately the teachers are underappreciated and often overburdened and underfunded. They hate their job and it effects students. The students often feel that they learn things that they'll never use. The knowledge being used is something compartmentalised or patented and not from a global database. So I learn at a subpar level. When I am to exercise my skills I cannot do it for free I must engage in a trade. If a being does not have then I will not perform. I do not even allow for an opportunity to Simply help. What I learn are my trade secrets to exploit while I prostitute myself to my greatest benefit. Through these secrets I hope to dominate my skill set over others so that my name is recognized worldwide. I am extremely selfish and the reason why World Peace fails to exist, I am not a peaceful being and I am not surrounded by peaceful beings either. To have a planet full of peaceful beings will never be because we are all striving to be " successful". So should we?  If what we consider good is really evil should we still continue to strive for that then to change for global peace and an opportunity for the species to continue on a little longer?