Give yourself completely to whatever you like for three years -- let it be your career, business, health or any other thing of life. Why three years, exactly? Because what is the advantage of sticking to something which isn't giving any result. Time is precious, don't waste if the results aren't coming. Why not less than three years? If we spread these three years for success, we can assume first year is dominated by getting knowledge of the field, second year dominated by execution, and the third year comes the maturity where knowledge and experience of execution strike for success. As an exeption we can stretch these three years into five or six years -- only when there are uncontrollable issues like of health or circumstantial issues.
The procedure I did, on the very first day of Navratri I took a big vessel (bartan) filled it with Sand (Balu, you may take mitti / soil also), implanted 50 to 100 gm seeds of Jo (जौ) and gave some water-- and in the middle of it put a new earthen-pot (matka) filled with water. And in that water I placed inside, Gangajal, 11 cloves (लौंग), 5 Nutmegs (जायफल), some flowers, some coins. (Note: if you are using Gangajal and water both, then first pour Gangajal after that pour water.) On top of this earthen-pot I placed an earthen-lid and in that earthen-lid I filled some rice (whole) and on top of it I put a Coconut (filled with water) wrapped in red cloth. And in between earthen-lid and earthen-pot I put some mango leaves. And finally decorated the earthen-pot with a fresh-garland. In the second day, Jo (जौ) started growing after that they grew very fast like one inch per day -- and in nine days they covered the whole earthen-pot.