This is a beautiful writ. Learnt a lot from it. Particularly this

“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” - David McCullough Jr.

I discovered In my short life that people do a lot of things they do because they just wanna show off themselves.

They'll show off their wealth, fame, beauty or eloquence at the slightest opportunity.

Their real intentions are not to contribute but to project themselves. This in itself isn't an attribute of success.