If you water the root of a tree, all the branches and leaves and flowers will be nourished and will give fruits.
Similarly, if you want to achieve results in any area, find out what foundation you need.
For example, if you want to be a successful devotee or a bhakti yogi, you have to master the chanting of the holy names of the Lord and understand and follow the Bhagavad Gita As It Is.
The principle is: always get back to basics, again and again. When the basics are in place, possibilities for development and success are manifold.
Hearing and chanting about Krsna are the basics for devotee's success. By hearing and chanting, the devotional creeper, bhakti lata, is watered and nourished. And by deliberate spiritual intelligence and the sword of knowledge, the weeds of unwanted habits and qualities are being removed regularly.
