The two great persons below have made it really simple.
What is success: Success is best defined by Earle Nightingale in The Strangest Secret: “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal”.
How to achieve it: That is best explained by Richard St. John in his book The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common: 8 to Be Great. Watch the 3-minute video below and see how the above figure summarizes its findings.