To Start With

Equilibrium is the basis of work. The Ancients spoke of four basic elements: earth, water, air, and fire.
Earth corresponds to the body. The body is the temple. It is the foundation of all work. Water is emotions. Air is the intellect. And fire, will.
The qualities of the four elements themselves can have corresponding aspects in the body. Earth is the heavy sensation, the bones, etc. Water is the fluidity. Air is the lighter aspect. Fire is body heat and energy. All of these must be balanced in the body. There are some exercises to do this. I can dig it up upon request. But it's not that important here.
First thing first. The body and its immediate environment should be purified, kept clean.

And then there's emotional foundation. To discuss virtues is essential to building an emotional foundation. The art of life is to navigate through chaos. Cybernetics literally means steersman. Life steers itself through chaos via continuous feedback. High quality conversation is therefore vitally important to survival and success.

So in chaos I say there are no guarantees. Therefore it makes sense to go for the most bounty yielding goal and that is self-becoming. No guarantees, only probabilities. Become who you really are then.
Then as Leary says, harmonize external success with internal achievements.
He also said, grow with the flow.
What flow? The flow of chaos!