A proof is a device for convincing someone else that a mathematical statement is true.
"The true power of a story is not in its plot, but in the emotions it evokes and the thoughts it provokes."
So, I'm going to end it there. But what I really want to stress is: by all means, success, yes. But let's accept the strangeness of some of our ideas. Let's probe away at our notions of success. Let's make sure our ideas of success are truly our own.