Even though we know better, people tend to look at success as a straight line from one low point to another high point.
However success is a more of a squiggly line. We like the straight line because it is plain and simple. It makes success look possible and clean, but reality does not share that depiction more often than not. The squiggly line may be a mess, and hard to understand, but it accounts for failure, missteps, bad luck, and all things that might discourage you along the way. So however you define success, expect a messy - but ultimately great-path
