Success Is Not Transformation
Success and transformation are not the same measure. Success can mean results. Wealth. Popularity. Influence. Effectiveness. Those things can matter. They may be worth pursuing. They do not, by themselves, settle the quality of living.
A person can be highly successful and still feel trapped by the terms on which success is being measured. A person can undergo a major shift in how life is understood without becoming wealthy, famous, or externally impressive. This is why success should not be asked to prove transformation, and transformation should not be used to dismiss ordinary results.
They can meet. A change in how we relate to ourselves, other people, or our commitments can influence what kinds of results we pursue and what those results mean. But neither category has to impersonate the other.
Success is about an achieved result. Transformation asks a different question about the context from which results are pursued and lived.