Being patient and consistently involved in healthy gambling habits will surely make you a successful gambler. If you are newbie who is interested in gambling and has been following the gambling community here or any where online or offline, your purpose should be to learn as much as possible from the shared experiences of others such that you can eventually branch out independently, allowing you to operate without dependence on others.
Note that the most important thing in gambling is bankroll management and finding value. What messes people up is poor bankroll management. Personally, I limit my bets to no more than 10 percent of my bankroll per day, I stop once that limit is reached. Also don't get discouraged if variance comes in and you have a losing day, week, month, etc. Value is value and it will catch up. Goodluck on your gambling journey.
Gambling oldies can throw in their 2 sats on this.
There's no "successful" gambler, there's only a not addicted gambler. Well if you consider that a success then I guess that works. I think just the management of your money is more than enough to stay on the right path. Most addicts often turn into one because of failure to manage their frequency and expenses when gambling. Beyond that though, I don't think what you feel matters much, just enjoy the game and process and don't mind the money involved. Adding into consideration money most of the time when playing can be rather frustrating after all.
I slightly disagree that there's no successful gambler, just because we have lotto winners or gamblers who luckily hit a big jackpot, and that is the reason for their success. Yes, they are few; we can't say that many will be like them, but still, there is a possibility, but of course it's low. Not all gamblers can hope to be successful by doing gambling. I agree with you that gambling is supposed to be played with enjoyment and for fun, but because people's nature is to hope for more money, they take gambling seriously, which ends up being bad.
So newbies out there wanting to enter gambling, make sure you can take the consequences of what will happen to you, you are ready for your own action, and of course, make sure to have discipline and self-control, because if not, you will only end up like the other gamblers who throw everything away because of addiction's.