Good Life Project Want Real, Lasting Change? It’s Time to Try a Different Approach. | Eric Zimmer
Mar 23, 2026
Eric Zimmer, podcast host and author who rebuilt his life from addiction, shares practical approaches to lasting change. He explains why small, consistent actions add up, how to interrupt negative thinking with the Still Point Method, and how competing values and environment shape outcomes. Short, actionable frameworks for turning tiny habits into real transformation.
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Action Is Only One Stage Of Change
- Most change models have many stages and action is only one of them.
- Zimmer cites the stages of change model to show jumping straight to action ignores crucial pre-action preparation.
Set Structure And Prepare For Choice Moments
- Combine structural supports with in-the-moment emotional strategies.
- Zimmer warns that environment tweaks help, but you must also know what to say to yourself when a choice point arrives.
Practice Small Low Resistance Actions Consistently
- Use low-resistance, consistent actions pointed in one direction so progress accumulates.
- Zimmer defines this as "low resistance actions done consistently over time in the same direction" and warns against scattering efforts.
