RE: A Mathematical Formula For Success.

What success is depends on the personal point of view and definition. That could (for example) be:

• being rich
• being famous
• having (political) power
• reaching a high educational level
• improving one's skills (for example in sports or art)
• being free and independent
• being happy
• having good friends
• being loved and love oneself
• maintaining a good health
• reaching a high age
• being able to spread one's genes into the next generation
• reaching self-defined aims
• a combination of several of these aspects

I like your approach of defining what "success" means to you.