The Right Conditions

What are the right conditions of success?

In the previous article I briefly talked about success. While the concept of success needs far deeper analysis, which you can find in my book, in this article I fly over the surface of what it truly means to have the right conditions for a successful life.

Success is definitely about the right conditions, no doubt!

First, I immediately skip the expected confirmation that it is impossible to have the right conditions to manifest a permanent happiness. It's very hard for humans to believe in this idea because life is full of challenges and we see the struggle all around us, from childhood to the elderly age.

Confirming one's reality just tells a certain story of life being unfair. And I will not debate those realities. They are legitimate and they are chaining many people to certain boundaries without any hope of better conditions.

We can't ignore the reality of many people who are fighting through the challenges of life. From this angle, it is clear that one's success depends on the right conditions, the right family, the right birth place, the right school, the right neighbours, the right education, a lot of money, good friends, responsible politicians, a supportive partner, the right kids, and no problems at all.

It is important to truly believe that the right conditions, if they are available, are definitely solving a lot of our problems. Being rich is definitely better than being poor. Let's not fool ourselves. Having a big house, a good career, high education, loyal friends, great family and so on, all are great conditions for one's happiness. No doubt.

And there is no BUT. If we can't accept this reality, it is very hard to come to a peaceful mindset handling the unfairness of life.

So at this point, we are not fooling ourselves. We know that certain conditions definitely give an advantage to some people over many others.

Now the next thought around this concept of having the right conditions is that it is indeed very rare to be the right person at the right place all the time. It is the nature of our universe. Everything is in constant movement and things can go wrong at any time.

One morning, I was announced the death of my brother who is my idol and was everything to my family. And I can't do anything about it. I bet that each one of us have had at least one major challenge in life and things do not go as expected every single day.

So, if we know that the right conditions are indeed necessary for one's success and we also know that it is almost impossible to be the right person at the right time always, then we can move to the next step understanding how we can create the right conditions.

There will always be some unexpected events that we can't do anything about. That said, success is still about controlling as many conditions as possible, until no unexpected event can ruin it all.

Hence the question is how to create the right conditions?

It starts with the perception of cause and effect, the perception of control.

To give you a clear perception of what it means precisely, let's take for example our ability to breathe. It is the closest most vital action of our existence and yet we don't control it. Our body does it all.

But you can breathe slower or faster. You can walk the mountains for fresh air. You can train it to run a marathon. You can relax your entire body through a sequence of controlled breaths. Some can hold their breath for a free dive.

Life is like the simple action of breathing. You can't control it all but you can play the game and take advantage of any condition you are in right now and turn it in your favour.

And to make this concept even more practical, you have to focus on the current moment and only. Focus on the actions at hand right now.

If you can reach a state of mind where you can get the best of the current moment and the current conditions, you will achieve success faster than you think.

Right now and right here, it is not the wrong doing of politicians that controls your mindset, it is not the amount of money you don't have in your bank, it is not the people around, it is you and only you who can act now.

Let's summarise our thought process so far:

• It is foolish to ignore the fact that the right conditions are indeed an advantage.
• It is impossible to be the right person at the right time in the right place all the time.
• Success is about controlling as many conditions as possible.
• Success is about getting the best out of the current moment, the current conditions, the current life.

All of the above is of course easier said than done. For more deeper thoughts and practical advice on how to manifest your own success, I invite you to read « Awareness Intelligence on Success. »