Our society revolves around defining ideas in a way that allows us to capture their tangibility and recreate it. Success is one of those ideas that we continue to try to define, allowing more people to achieve it. Success tends to manifest itself in many different forms. We constantly hear about successful people who are radically different. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are the epitome of financial success for those who wish to compare. Individuals like Marylyn Monroe or Princess Diana remain images of success, talent and praise. Then there are the athletes, including skier Lindsey Vonn, who constitute an idealistic role model for young people. Finally, we see people in a successful family who seem to fit our imagined image of the family, and we label them successful. Here we see the many faces of success, displayed in countless ways. There are many similarities and differences between these individuals, to better understand this intangible idea, let's look at some of them. For many, success is defined as financial stability and sometimes full of materialistic objects. These are generally correlated with a generally higher economic status, which contributes to the financing of prestigious education and high-end universities. Many people tend to define success by comparing themselves to others. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are models of financial success because they actually have an inexhaustible supply of it. By looking at what they consider their success to be, it will help to better understand the topic. In his commencement speech at Stanford, Steve Jobs told the stories of his life. For most of us, we only see his fame and fortune, but when we hear it straight from the source, we see his life in... middle of paper..." Broadcast video content locally August 3, 2012. Gale Power Search April 8, 2014. Monroe, Marylin. “I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.” Goodreads. Goodreads, nd Web. April 10, 2014. Mountbatten-Windsor, Diana Frances. “Princess Diana's Speech on Eating Disorders.” Anna Quindlen. “Tivatecom RSS. Justin Hernandez, April 28, 2008. Web. April 8, 2014. Rivera, Zayda. "Lindsey Vonn Opens Up About Her Struggle With Depression and Meeting Tiger Woods: 'We're Good for Each Other'" NY Daily News. NY Daily News, February 6, 2014. Web. April 8, 2014. Zahn, Paula. "Remembering the People's Princess'" CNN. Cable News Network, nd Web. April 8. 2014.