Ultimate success requires: making, keeping covenants (promises with God): preparing for & receiving baptism & the gift of the Holy Ghost, & continuing forward.

• The "continuing forward" part is also called "enduring to the end": we have to stay on the path, continue learning/repenting, and follow Christ to the end.
• And ask the missionaries: "They can help you! "
• Be Strong and of a Good Courage (Ensign magazine, January 2019, by Elder Weatherford T. Clayton)
• The goal: lasting happiness & well-being for individuals & families, avoidance of addicting and destructive behaviors and examples.
• Growth/MM: spiritual growth ("...and in favor with God...")