In any endeavour we need to have dridha-sankalpa. The desires that we have in our mind are born from sankalpa. Before we desire something there is a sankalpa to enjoy in the material life. Therefore we are always going round in the cycle of samsara. The purpose of this human form of life is not to increase the desires, but to control the desires. We can break this vicious circle of birth and death.

We can only get utsaha or enthusiasm from someone who has it. Utsaha is the sign of sraddha, faith. If we have faith, then we have enthusiasm. To get faith we need to have sadhu-sanga, association with sadhu.

There is such power in Hare Krisna Maha-mantra, but you have to have a little sastriya-sraddha in the beginning. We also need to have sadhana, because we have so many anarthas within our heart. So many times we had this repeated experience of sense gratification, to overcome this abhyasa, we need to have yoga abhyasa. Three conditions should be there for yoga practice to be successful: doing something for a long time, without any break, and with a proper mood. The same works with chanting. Every day we need to make endeavours to achieve success. When we do something every day, our practice becomes mechanical, you don’t put consciousness in what you are doing. If you want to achieve success in practice, every day you have to invest your consciousness in what you are doing, you have to think about what is the purpose of what you are doing. Sadhana becomes sadhana if there is sadhya-bhava, understanding of the goal which I want to achieve by this sadhana. If we have determination, then the higher power will help us, but if we do not have determination, the higher power will not bother to help us.

Krisna knows what is there within our heart and if we do something, He will reward us for sure. The only thing which we should do is this determination to do our sadhana and to remember about the goal of our sadhana. If Krisna is pleased with our sincerity, success will come.