Alain de Botton : A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

Alain de Botton at TEDGlobal 2009  (transcript)
A kinder, gender philosophy of success
Summary
Philosophy is a study of the principles of existence behavior and knowledge, and a study of the nature of human thought and of the world. I wonder if I can explain gently and l can think something philosophically also.

My reading of success is that there are many ways to succeed but there is no role model. It's because we live different lives of mentors who already succeeded and time.
I think that people compare between mentors' success and your success thus you think that you might not succeed. We should focus in on our own ideas, make sure of it, and be truly the authors of our own ambitions. There's no envy, fear, and failure there. People love equality, though, they always try to divide all things. It'll show inequality and give you a threatening sort of reality.
I believe that my idea of success is not the same as others. Its way is always changing and People can decide their own success by themselves. It's not too late.

Words in this story
contempt /noun/ insult, contempt, slight, denigration
aristocracy /noun/ noble, aristocrat
meritocracy /noun/ a high class, rank, and grade like government by the gifted or skilled