If you aren't enjoying your career, having fun, and having success, then re-examine whether or not it's where your true passion lies. The pay can be great, the people can be great, the company can be great, but if you're not passionate about it your success will be short lived and you'll be left feeling a little empty and unhappy.
I went to college at UW-La Crosse for a fitness specific degree (athletic training and/or strength & conditioning coach) and wound up changing that degree to marketing because I learned there was no money in it unless you're doing it for a very long time. After college, I spent a few years in the mortgage industry and the money was very good, even during the so-so economy. After a few years the high of the financial success wore off and I realized that no matter how good the money was I wasn't really happy with what I was doing. I lacked the passion for what I was doing, which lead to my happiness in my job deteriorating, which lead to my success slowing.
Finally, I decided to not worry about the money and chase my passion, which was in the fitness industry. Ever since high school I've wanted to own my own gym and that goal has not changed. I made the leap and although the money is less right now, sooner or later the money will follow.
If you find something you're passionate about and go all in and give it everything you've got, the money will follow at some point, but your success and happiness will be beyond anything you thought possible. And in the end, being "successful" is all about being happy.
Passion --> Fun/Happiness --> Success (personal and professional)
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