Nice little reminder passage I read today. Although it's in the context of exercise training, it neatly applies across the board. Nothing you haven't heard before, but refreshing nonetheless.
On the far side of complexity, after all the tips, tricks and methods have lost their luster, there remains one blatant truth: Do the Work.
Simple, basic, actions repeated religiously is the non-secret to all success. Do the work until your own resistance breaks down, until you peel away enough layers of story and suffering to recognize that it is not work at all but an expression of joy, a transcendent love of life itself.
When the barbell squat, the biceps curl or the kettlebell swing transforms from agony to ecstasy, know you have arrived--or are on the path that can continue to evolve.