Answer: success

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SUCCESS

Work + play + keeping your mouth shut, according to Einstein

SUCCESS

The good life

SUCCESS

Fame

SUCCESS
Triumph
SUCCESS
Hit
SUCCESSVictory
SUCCESS"A lousy teacher," per Bill Gates
SUCCESSTriumphant result
SUCCESSSymbolic lake.
SUCCESSLong Island lake.
SUCCESSBusiness man's objective.
SUCCESSSatisfactory outcome.
SUCCESSHit.
SUCCESSProsperity.
SUCCESSVictory.
SUCCESSBusiness goal.
SUCCESSTop of the ladder
SUCCESSLake ..., N.Y.
SUCCESSIt has a "sweet smell"
SUCCESS"Eureka!"
SUCCESSGood outcome
SUCCESS"I did it!"
SUCCESSEureka!
SUCCESSFame and fortune
SUCCESSGood kind of story
SUCCESSFavorable outcome
SUCCESSSomething said to smell sweet