Triumph, but failures can be just as if not more valuable. Suppose it boils down to the struggle itself and how a person responds to it.
I don’t think anything else really gives you as much of an insight into someone’s core.
I have an extremely wealthy friend who i met back in university. His family was established and pretty large (their main business is construction and development, but the family’s also branched out into many areas- automotive supply chains, food and beverage chains, manufacturing). At some point the infighting was worse than it normally was, and basically when his father passed away, his branch of the family lost their seat at the main construction and development table. His mother was too old to fight it, and he was too young. She pulled out without a fight.
My friend deteriorated, and then dropped out of uni.
That was years ago. I spoke to him a few months back when i visited his home country for work and he’s doing extremely well. He got together with another uncle of his who also lost his place in the parent company and they run their own construction development company now. My friend attributes his success to good local economy at the time and the demand for concrete. He started off supplying it, and then moved upstream.
Sometimes, you just have to respect inner strength when you see it. I knew the emotional wreck he was, and to see him progress out of it over the years a different person is nothing short of an honour.