True success = Doing God's will.

So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus. (Daniel 6:28)

Oswald Chambers...showed so much artistic promise that he was invited to study under Europe's greatest masters..... But [instead] he...enrolled in a little-known Bible school where he eventually became a teacher. Later, he went to Egypt and ministered to...British soldiers. Chambers died there when he was only in his forties, but he left to the world a rich legacy of devotional literature.

Daniel began his career as a young captive in Babylon. Repeatedly he put his life on the line to remain faithful to the Lord. He refused to compromise, and God elevated him to a position of prominence. Both men made doing God's will their prime objective; both achieved success.