Success is just a word.  If,  the place where someone comes from prohibits them the opportunity to "succeed" in society's eyes, then what is the alternative.  I think we too often put people on a pedestal without fully understanding where that person is truly coming from.  Are they happy?  Are they mentally tough?  Are they just playing into an image of what society expects from them?  Are they truly successful?  Maybe this has already been discovered amongst the populous and everyone is living in utopia and are mentally free.  My observations would have me believing this is far from the case and I think many people need help and the help comes from looking inward first NOT outward.  Higher level thinking will result in an indivisible armor from everything in life that says you can't and provides a way to follow the path that says you can because it originates from the most import place that has meaning, within YOU.  Live and experience, yes, make mistakes, yes, have success, yes but making sure that is has meaning and ensuring you, at some point, can reflect back on your life without regrets will hinge on your ability to think beyond your ability, past what you think is possible and take on what everyone else says you can't do and conquer it!