From "Narcissus and Echo"

Do we all live in a world of vanity?
- is beauty all that matters?

Narcissus was a narcissist so to speak, meaning that he knew and thrived on the fact that he was very appealing to others, which in the end was his own demise. He showed no passion or interest towards any other; only for the reason that he thought that they weren’t good enough for him. He recalled that many had loved him, but for his looks. That was the only judging basis he knew, because the only attraction Narcissus had was between himself and his beauty. But the untimely end of Narcissus was stated at the very beginning of the myth when the sea nymph Leiriope asked whether her new born son would live a long life, and the reply from Teiresias was “If he never knows himself”. Teiresias knew that once Narcissus gazed upon his own reflection he would fall in love.

But to answer my question I feel that vanity has a lot to do with succession. The proof comes from famous actors, and actresses, both in movies and in theatre ect, if you really think about it, there aren’t many un attractive performers. The same goes with singers and dancers, most of which are attractive. But being a famous actor isn’t the only type of success. But again you can look around at business men who are quite successful, a lot of them are attractive, it gives them a leg up because people want to listen to them. An example of a (not as attractive) successful person within the major industries is Bill Gates. This shows that sometimes there are unattractive successful people, but most succession I would say does include looks.