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Fame and success are often conflated because they look so similar. The wealth, prestige and access that comes with fame looks very much like what most people would define as success. However, fame is dependent on success in a particular domain. Were you a famous physicist, then you would be well known in your field and would have achieved a level of fame in direct proportion to your success in that field.

The trickiness of this independence arises when we do not fully understand what is we are pursuing. If we do not define success appropriately, we may see other's success and lose the value of our own success; we may confuse extrinsic value with intrinsic value.