What do you think your success is measured by? How will you know you have succeeded? By everybody applauding and marvelling at you, or by you knowing that you have achieved success? Each mountain is different, and each one demands at least a little effort to make it to the top. But, the reward is happiness — the satisfaction which comes after investing some effort and the peace which fills your being are sufficient rewards for all the effort you have made on your climb. And that is why you should not allow anybody to take away that success because you made the climb, regardless of whether or not there was an audience around to watch you. That inner cheering and inner applause you hear are enough proof that the success is YOUR success.