There is nothing called 'my success' || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2012)

Questioner (Q): (referring to a previous discussion) So, there is something untouched, his insight, that he is using to actually improve the whole system, the general business idea which all others are following. So, that is the reason I came to the point that it is a mix of both the things.

Acharya Prashant (AP): I suppose I understood. But, you see, in the last two-three minutes that you spoke, you already used two technical concepts: you have used the term ‘success’, and you have used the term ‘mind’.

Now, real estate, or pharmaceutical business, or the business of selling shoes, or software, that does not matter. If one enters into it with the ambition of success, then it is already a social phenomenon. Real estate is not significant. What is significant is that the individual is entering, as you said, with a view to make things successful. Remain with that.

Where do your notions of success and failure come from? He said he wants to prove himself. I see the shadow of success here. You had explicitly mentioned success.

The next term you have used is: his ‘own mind’. Is there anything called one’s ‘own mind’? Or is the mind itself a totally social construct? What do you mean by one’s ‘own mind’?

Whatever you call as ‘mind’ is an aggregation of three things: knowledge, experience, and memories. In addition to that, there are certain scholars who also add evolution to it, which is part of the conditioning. Knowledge comes from outside, experience comes from outside, and memories are a reservoir of the first two.