I read your question and laughed. The question could have been how I failed in my career and lived a better life?

When I was 23 or 24 I interviewed at Microsoft, about 1988. I was offered a job doing programmer telephone support. I was in a serious relationship at the time and we discussed the pros and cons. I told her flat out that we'd be quite wealthy if I took the job and stayed for 10 or so years but that'd I'd be gone 13 to 14 hours a day at work. If I would have taken the job I'm sure we wouldn't have gotten married had a great kid and have now been together for over 25 years. I failed at the money/career and succeeded in life.

Actually my career is life not work so maybe I haven't failed.