Here are 12 ways to help devotees succeed, by helping them to:
- Express their thoughts, feelings and ideas by listening to them attentively, with a genuine interest.
- Create a Personal Mission Statement, as a compass for their life to give them clarity, inspiration and direction.
- Clarify their key roles in life (e.g., disciple, husband, father, manager, etc.)
- Clarify their top priorities, what matters most to them.
- Simplify their life and focus on top priorities.
- Stop self-sabotage, i.e., various habits that are against their self-interest.
- Balance between being gentle and strict with themselves and others.
- Plan and practice regular self-renewal of the body, mind and spirit.
- Strengthen their faith in Krsna and devotional service.
- Overcome all internal and external obstacles to their success, happiness and productivity.
- Discover and utilize internal and external resources they are not using (like talents, skills, friendships, knowledge, etc.).
- Discover what service inspires them and what they can contribute to the world with great enthusiasm and determination.
