After her success' in Europe and America, selling 500,000 copies in her strongest territories, writing songs for several artists, modelling for the UK chain Marks and Spencers, supporting various charities internationally, and starting several successful companies, VV Brown holds a strange pendulum of success surrounded by a very ordinary life.
At 33, with his third book and second novel, Andrew Sean Greer is a sudden success, surrounded by critical acclaim.
His nightmarish childhood as Jude stumbles from one sadistic abuser to the next is juxtaposed with an adulthood of great material success, surrounded by such cloying love and kindness from his friends and colleagues it practically oozes off the page.
Though what precise sort of co-operation either would have entailed was never clear, the halo of Airbus's success surrounded the concept.Yet in the end this is not the offer that Siemens produced, nor is it clear that an Airbus-style collaboration could be started from scratch nowadays.
Key to success: "surround yourself with great people".
If you start the day with clarity and intention to do the most important work, success surrounds you.
Inspired by Dubai's success, the surrounding Persian Gulf countries are scrambling to fill their own coasts with artificial islands and over-the-top hotels.
People interested in the college's success bought surrounding properties and donated them to the institution, more than doubling the school's area to close to 600 acre.
"It's possible that this is a sociometric formula for success: surround yourself with a densely interconnected, supportive group willing to give you their full attention, but don't try to compete directly with the real big shots for attention".
The islands of success are surrounded by a sea of problems, which have defeated some doughty companies.
