With that context what can we do to make EOS “successful”? There is no single answer to that question because we all have different definitions of “success” and the paths to “success” can head in opposite directions.

Can anyone answer the question: "Why does EOS exist?"

What's the purpose of EOS? If nobody knows that, then any kind of development will be very hard. How do you know what do you have to do today, if you don't know where the hell you are going to?

This is why any project that wants to make a meaningful change must first define the reason for its existence. If it doesn't have a shared vision, it cannot get anything done. Everyone who is involved might be doing a great job, but none of that matters if the work is not aligned so that it pushes the project consistently to the same direction.

You might have top class people working on it, but if those people are pulling the project to the opposite directions, it won't go anywhere! That's why the vision must be clear. If someone doesn't share the vision, he must exit. A well-aligned and small team is always much more efficient than a huge non-aligned community.

When you can clearly explain what's the vision, you can know what are the goals. You know what are the yearly goals. When you know those, you can derive quarterly and monthly goals. From those, you'll get weekly and daily goals.

It's a sign of a well-designed system when you can derive your daily tasks from the long-term goal.

When everyone in the team knows and agrees with the long-term goal, they can work very effectively towards it. Day after day. That's how shit gets done.