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Are You Looking For The Results… Or The Experience (2564) Sep 23, 2026

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Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness isn’t temporary; it’s a lifelong lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros examine the difference between being experience-driven and results-driven. They discuss how short-term comfort, convenience, and distraction can quietly weaken long-term progress in your health, wealth, relationships, and personal development. Drawing from client work, demanding travel schedules, fitness goals, and years of coaching, Kevin and Alan explain why your future outcomes are shaped by the decisions you repeatedly make in the present.
They address delayed gratification, discipline, goal setting, and the need to orient your daily choices around what you truly want to achieve. You will also hear why results do not require eliminating rest, relationships, or enjoyable experiences, but they do require clear priorities and honest self-awareness. Your future self is being built today. Choose accordingly.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Email:
Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com
Alan@nextleveluniverse.com
LinkedIn:
Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/
Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/
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Show notes:
(1:46) Experience-driven Vs. Results-driven living
(6:20) When connection supports the goal
(10:47) Choosing priorities across health, wealth, and love
(13:04) The cost of prioritizing results
(18:00) Present comfort Vs. Future results
(22:47) Goals that create discipline
(28:01) Orient your life around results
(30:30) Outro

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🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros
Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

Your Responsibility Can’t Exceed Your Capacity (2563) Sep 22, 2026

Show notes

Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness isn’t temporary; it’s a lifelong lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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The success you want requires more capacity than you think. In this episode, Kevin and Alan investigate the hidden cost of bigger goals and the responsibility that comes with them. Many people assume success will make life easier, but greater opportunities often bring more pressure, decisions, expectations, and complexity.
They explain why your current capacity can determine how well you handle growth, and why feeling overwhelmed is often a signal that your skills, systems, or self-awareness need to catch up. Kevin and Alan also break down two practical approaches to building capacity: preparing before the pressure arrives or learning through the challenge itself. This conversation offers a clearer framework for setting realistic expectations, narrowing your focus, and developing the discipline required to sustain higher levels of performance.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(2:58) Two ways to build capacity
(7:37) Success becomes harder before sustainable
(9:45) Set realistic expectations for growth
(12:14) Focus responsibility through specialization
(15:24) The unseen work behind excellence
(19:46) Capacity must match responsibility
(22:04) Outro

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The Problem That Took Years To Grow, Won’t Disappear Overnight (2562) Sep 21, 2026

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Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness isn’t temporary; it’s a lifelong lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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In this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros deliberate on the fine line between anxiety and arrogance. Both mindsets can weaken performance when they distort how you see yourself, your goals, and the work required to achieve them. They discuss why productive concern is not the same as fear, why blind confidence is not the same as self-belief, and how accurate self-awareness creates better decisions.
You will learn how to use small wins to build confidence, set realistic goals without lowering your standards, and recognize when preparation becomes avoidance or optimism becomes delusion. This conversation offers a practical framework for humility, consistency, personal growth, and long-term success.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(1:47) Why lasting change takes time
(5:56) The cost of long-term habits
(8:28) How one percent improvement compounds
(10:42) When awareness makes change feel overwhelming
(12:18) Be careful what you make normal
(14:44) Outro

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There's A Fine Line Between Anxious And Arrogant (2561) Sep 20, 2026

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Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness isn’t temporary; it’s a lifelong lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
_______________________
In this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros deliberate on the fine line between anxiety and arrogance. Both mindsets can weaken performance when they distort how you see yourself, your goals, and the work required to achieve them. They discuss why productive concern is not the same as fear, why blind confidence is not the same as self-belief, and how accurate self-awareness creates better decisions.
You will learn how to use small wins to build confidence, set realistic goals without lowering your standards, and recognize when preparation becomes avoidance or optimism becomes delusion. This conversation offers a practical framework for humility, consistency, personal growth, and long-term success.
_______________________
NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(1:45) The fine line between anxiety and arrogance
(4:50) When confidence becomes delusion
(7:40) Accurate optimism Vs. Naïve optimism
(12:41) Why small wins build self-belief
(15:47) Set goals with realistic self-awareness
(17:53) How to practice productive paranoia
(21:38) Take action despite discomfort
(23:21) Outro

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What Are The Non-Negotiables For YOUR Success? (2560) Sep 19, 2026

Show notes

Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness isn’t temporary; it’s a lifelong lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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The gap between average and exceptional is often found in the standards you refuse to compromise. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan expound upon the core non-negotiables that consistently show up behind high-level success, including focus, discipline, strategy, consistency, delayed gratification, measurable goals, and the ability to think further into the future. Drawing from their own performance goals, years of coaching clients, and patterns observed across thousands of conversations about personal development, they examine why success is rarely the result of one exceptional trait.
Kevin reflects on how experience and evidence shape better goal setting in strength training, while Alan shares how coaching has reinforced the importance of measurement, mentorship, supportive relationships, and accurate self-assessment. Together, they clarify why these principles do not guarantee success, but consistently neglecting them can severely limit your potential. This episode offers a practical framework for identifying the standards, skills, and environmental factors that influence long-term performance, personal growth, self-discipline, and achievement.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(3:08) Focus and discipline
(5:01) Strategy for long-term success
(9:42) Why mentors matter
(14:02) Goals and time perspective
(17:35) Delayed gratification and measurement
(18:04) Building a supportive peer group
(20:20) The ten success non-negotiables
(23:21) Outro

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“But I Don’t Want My Passion To Feel Like A Job…” (2559) Sep 18, 2026

Show notes

Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness is forever, it's a lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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What if protecting your passion from pressure is the very thing keeping it from becoming meaningful work? In this episode, Kevin and Alan scrutinise the belief that doing what you love should always feel effortless. They examine what happens when passion becomes responsibility and starts carrying expectations, deadlines, accountability, and measurable results. They also challenge the idea that meaningful work should always feel enjoyable, especially when long-term growth requires consistency, discipline, and sacrifice.
They break down the difference between being experience-driven and results-driven, why turning a passion into sustainable income changes the stakes, and how responsibility can reshape your relationship with something you once did purely for enjoyment. You’ll also hear why career alignment, personal development, skill building, and long-term success depend less on avoiding hard work and more on choosing work worth committing to. If your passion only works when nothing is required of it, that may be useful information.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(1:48) When passion starts feeling like work
(4:41) When enjoyment becomes responsibility
(7:48) Results driven Vs. Experience driven
(15:47) The myth of effortless meaningful work
(17:42) What turning passion into profit requires
(24:34) Crossing the passion-to-profit gap
(29:05) Building career alignment in stages
(33:26) Outro

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The 5 Pillars Of Clarity (2558) Sep 17, 2026

Show notes

Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness is forever, it's a lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros deconstruct why most people do not lack ambition. They lack clarity. Using a practical framework they apply with clients, Kevin and Alan explain how clear targets, realistic timelines, identity, responsibility, and measurable progress create stronger goal-setting systems. They discuss why vague goals often feel safer, why accountability can feel uncomfortable, and how tracking the right habits helps you build consistency over time.
If you want better results in your health, relationships, career, or business, you need more than motivation. You need a clear standard for what success requires and a way to measure whether your daily actions support it. Build the system. Then earn the result.
NLU Dictionary:
1. Target → This is a clear and specific goal that you want to achieve.
2. Timeline → This is an exact start and end date for that goal to be achieved by.
3. Title → This is a job title (Identity) that best fits the position you must hold to achieve it.
4. DRI → This stands for "Directly Responsible Individual" and is one sentence that best describes exactly what you're most responsible for.
5. KPI → This stands for “Key Performance Indicator” and is the most important metric that needs to be tracked consistently to achieve the goal.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(2:08) Why clarity must be a system
(6:31) The five pillars of clarity
(7:25) Set a clear target and timeline
(9:51) Build the identity your goal requires
(11:16) Define responsibility and track key metrics
(13:01) Why vague goals weaken accountability
(20:56) Build the structure around your goal
(25:03) Start small and build consistency
(29:38) Outro

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The Top 5 Ways To Identify Arrogant People (2557) Sep 16, 2026

Show notes

Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness is forever, it's a lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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Strong self-belief becomes dangerous when your confidence grows faster than your competence. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan elucidate the subtle differences among confidence, arrogance, and inexperience, and why those distinctions are often harder to recognize than they seem.
You’ll learn how arrogance shows up through poor self-awareness, resistance to feedback, blame, and an inflated sense of ability. They also explain why real confidence is built through evidence, accountability, competence, and a track record that can withstand honest evaluation. This conversation offers a grounded look at self-belief, humility, personal growth, and the importance of seeing yourself as accurately as possible.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(1:57) Defining arrogance accurately
(3:57) How arrogance shows up
(9:48) Confidence Vs. Arrogance
(11:05) Blame and lack of accountability
(16:01) Naive, confident, or arrogant
(18:12) Track record Vs. Talk
(20:50) Experience changes how confidence appears
(25:44) Self-belief still requires accurate feedback
(30:42) Humility and seeking help
(32:52) Outro

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Do You Run Away From What You Don’t Believe In? (2556) Sep 15, 2026

Show notes

Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness is forever, it's a lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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What if the part of your life you criticize, dismiss, or avoid is actually the area where you believe in yourself the least? In this episode, Kevin and Alan delve into how low self-belief can quietly turn into avoidance, distorted thinking, and resistance around health, wealth, and love. They explain why confidence often grows from competence, how small improvements create evidence, and why avoiding a weakness only gives it more control over your future.
Kevin reflects on his current struggle to improve sleep while balancing business demands and travel, while Alan shares how years of studying relationships, coaching couples, and learning through failure strengthened his confidence in an area where he once had very little certainty.
You do not need complete self-belief before taking action. You need enough humility to identify the problem, enough discipline to build the skill, and enough consistency to stay in the arena.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(1:53) Running from low self-belief
(5:07) Confidence comes from understanding
(8:06) Errors in thinking limit growth
(14:08) Build competence in weak areas
(19:12) Why confidence requires action
(22:19) Attack the problem directly
(24:25) Mastery is a long-term process
(29:12) Outro

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How Your Belief And Behavior Are Connected (2555) Sep 14, 2026

Show notes

Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session
Fitness is forever, it's a lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
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In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros examine the connection between belief and behavior. What you believe about yourself, other people, and what is possible affects what you notice, what you attempt, and how you respond when results fall short. Kevin and Alan discuss why accuracy matters more than blind optimism, how external messages can influence performance, and why your current beliefs should be tested through real action.
They also break down the difference between using evidence wisely and allowing statistics, doubt, or comforting stories to limit your potential. This episode offers a direct look at self-awareness, personal responsibility, and the practical feedback loop that helps you build stronger beliefs through consistent behavior.
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NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.
Visit our website and socials through the links below. 👇
Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com
Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/
Facebook:
Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros
Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/

Show notes:
(1:36) Why beliefs shape your future
(4:16) Accuracy over comforting beliefs
(5:57) Belief determines what you see
(9:14) How priming affects performance
(10:48) Self-belief Vs. External doubt
(14:54) The belief-behavior feedback loop
(17:35) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

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