In a recent session, Dr. Mani Pavitra and her team explored the crucial difference between having a goal and taking the right action steps for your goals. This blog post, inspired by that discussion, delves into the philosophy of conscious progress, the common traps that hold us back, and the practical strategies for moving forward.
Dr. Mani Pavitra’s fundamental point is as follows: “All of us are capable with the kind of knowledge that we already have. We are super powerful, we are super knowledgeable.” The difficulty, she clarifies, is not one of capability, but of not taking the correct action steps towards your goals. We tend to be working on something else, moving in some other direction, and criticizing ourselves because we did not arrive at our desired place. The following blog post discusses how to pinpoint and rectify your efforts.
The Three-Layered Problem with Taking the Right Action Steps for Your Goals
A three-layered process was mentioned in the session that could drive you forward or hold you back.
Mind: It begins with not believing. Dr. Pavitra said, “Do we believe that we’re capable of achieving it? Do we believe that money can naturally come to us?” When you don’t have this belief, it is hard to take action steps towards your desires.
Emotion: Doubt of the mind produces an emotional frequency of “I’m not good enough.” As Dr. Pavitra described, emotions are high-energy vibrational attractors that can draw you away from your purpose and toward something you’re already skilled at. This will bring a “feel-good” factor, even though it’s in the wrong direction.
Action: What is produced is an action mismatch. Dr. Pavitra put it this way: seeing the destination in mind but unintentionally turning the steering wheel in the opposite direction. The intention is to learn to “turn my steering again and again to come back to this path.”
The student experiences during the session beautifully bring home this point.
Nandini’s Story: Nandini, one of the participants, discussed her experience. She had a lot of enthusiasm for growing her business, but once she had enrolled in the program, her current Art of Living classes took off. She became so busy that she couldn’t spare time for attending the very sessions intended to support her business. This indicates how “initial success” is a distraction that keeps you from taking the next level of action steps towards your goals.
Dr. Pavitra’s Personal Experience: Dr. Pavitra explained her personal experience, when she staunchly refused to bypass her morning session even for friends earning “crazy big money.” She did so because she had set her “top priority.” This illustrates the fact that taking correct action steps towards your goals often means setting boundaries and guarding your time.
Dr. Pavitra highlighted two areas of huge business expansion that need perpetual effort: videos and ads.
Videos: Video content creation is an important step. According to Dr. Pavitra, “If you don’t know what to talk on the video, poor ad agency is dying to get you the leads.”
Ads: You need paid ads to get to a large audience. But lots of people don’t have the skill or faith enough to implement them. The session pushed for understanding the topic, not merely employing an agency, so you have more faith in your capability.
The session ended by explaining a simple strategy for getting on the right track.
Daily Analysis: Dr. Pavitra suggests setting a goal in the morning and by nightfall, analyzing “how much percentage of it I have done or not.” By doing this small habit, you are able to find out the gaps in skill, time, relationships, or belief.
Filling the Gaps: Rather than getting ensnared in self-blame, this analysis gives you the power to correct the underlying reason, thereby enabling you to steer the “steering” again towards your goal.
The path to great success is not about a giant leap, but about a series of conscious and intentional action steps to your objectives. By aligning your mind, feelings, and actions, you are able to create the abundance flow that is your right.