Often, to position oneself for happiness and success means getting the right education or job, and living in the right neighborhood, but with deeper thought about positioning oneself for happiness and success, I believe it much more detailed than that. To position yourself for happiness and success is to not position yourself for conflict and a fall. What does that mean?
Specifically it means that you can look at your life and notice the ways you position yourself that result in positive, life experiences, and ways that position yourself that result in negative life experiences.
People
Generally we all have connections to people that make us happy and lead to success, and we likely have people-connections that result in less happiness and success. It is important to consider those connections, and nurture the positive relationships in your life.
Actions
There are activities we do that result in successful life experiences while there are other activities that we may repeatedly do that result in hurtful of unsuccessful experiences. To recognize and repeat our actions that lead to happiness and success is to live a better life.
Thoughts
More and more the research is becoming clear that the way we use our mental energy including our thoughts and dreams support greater or lesser success. We can use our minds in optimal ways to support greater good living.
Knowing how we live helps us understand the people, actions, and thoughts that build greater success while also helping us understand what people, actions, and thoughts to avoid. In some ways, success and happiness, is as simple as that.