Eric Zimmer

Yeah.

And so we try that and we inevitably fail, at least part of it.

And then we have a tendency when we don't succeed at doing something, we have a tendency to then conclude we can't do it and give up.

What the small, little by little approach allows us to do is to

set our goals reasonably enough that we can succeed at them.

And success builds upon itself, right?

We know motivation goes up when we feel good about ourselves and good at our chances of something happening.

And it goes down when we feel bad about ourselves or we doubt our ability.

So by doing something that we're able to do, we become more motivated and we can build over time if we need to.

And little by little, I mean something actually very specific.

I mean low resistance actions done consistently over time in the same direction.

So it doesn't necessarily mean tiny.

Low resistance for you and I might be different.

You might be in really good shape, and so going to the gym for 45 minutes for you is not that hard.

I, on the other hand, might be wildly out of shape, and going to the gym for 45 minutes would be way too hard.

I could never sustain it.

Exactly.

So it means what can I get myself to do?

And then consistently over time is how it starts to accumulate.

And then in the same direction is also important because you could hop on Instagram and by within an hour, you could have 10 new changes you think you need to make in your life.