The Mission: Define what is success using machine learning

I must have read hundreds of articles preaching strategies to achieve success. They tell me pick up these habits, follow these simple steps, adopt these rules to live by etc. etc. etc. They all insist I get up approximately 4 hours earlier than I want to and eat exclusively plant based substitutes that cost 3 times the price of the original product. The question I have is, if I were to follow the steps and achieve success what would that mean? How can I tell if I am successful?