Eric Zimmer

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.

And we can't make 10 changes.

We can make a couple at best, usually.

And so having the patience to say, like, I'm going to work on this.

This is the thing I'm going to work on.

And staying with it is how a little actually does become a lot.

Well, yeah.