How about just living a decent life? Being kind and helpful?
There's a kind of virtue ethics at work around these parts, and the primary virtue is "awesomeness." A sociologist or ethicist could write a whole thesis about this community.
It's not a universal idea. Some people have a primary virtue of "decency." Or even "humility." Taste those words for a moment...
"Comparing is as much of a disease as perfection. When we learn to be ourselves, be patient, and how to be comfortable in our own skin, then – and only then – will we achieve true happiness."
An ancient Zen poem says "For and against opposing each other -- this is the mind's disease." Of course, this site revolves around a highly competitive market. Ambition is its lifeblood...
I think that if you want to be happy, that's not going to come from success or ambition or striving. They seem more or less orthogonal.
An interesting question might be: What would you do if you were already happy and content? Think of it as like the question of what you would do if you already were financially independent. Call it emotional independence, maybe. Equanimity?