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How Much Are You ACTUALLY Supposed To Believe In Yourself? PT 2 (2554) Sep 13, 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 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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Real growth comes from building confidence at a pace your capacity can handle. In this episode, Kevin and Alan share why self-belief without self-awareness can create unnecessary risk, pressure, and setbacks. They discuss the difference between healthy discomfort and destructive overwhelm, the role competence plays in sustainable confidence, and why the right opportunity can still arrive before you are ready for it.
Kevin reflects on the moments he had to work through panic and uncertainty instead of walking away. Alan explains how years of taking incremental risks built the capacity to lead at a higher level. Together, they offer a more accurate framework for pursuing ambitious goals without confusing reckless leaps for real growth. Build the capacity. Then earn the next level.
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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:
(2:11) The right amount of self-belief
(4:50) When growth becomes too much, too fast
(8:06) Why you must reassess your beliefs
(13:21) Building competence alongside confidence
(14:36) The challenge-skills sweet spot
(21:38) Opportunities beyond your current readiness
(23:03) Take growth one level at a time
(25:52) 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.

How Much Are You ACTUALLY Supposed To Believe In Yourself? (2553) Sep 12, 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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Do you believe in yourself based on what you are capable of today, or based on what consistent effort could make possible over time? In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan discuss the fine line between healthy self-belief, arrogance, and self-doubt.
They examine why some people feel motivated by a clear path while others resent what it requires, how current skill level can distort your view of future potential, and why knowing what to do is different from doing it for years. This conversation will help you assess your confidence with more honesty, patience, and precision.
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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) How much should you believe in yourself?
(2:21) When a roadmap creates resentment
(7:11) Understanding your current level of competence
(8:34) Why long-term consistency is difficult
(9:35) When demand exceeds current capacity
(10:41) The role of talent and deliberate practice
(13:37) Are you accurate about your potential?
(14:53) Outro

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Acceptance Vs Adjustment Pt 2 (2552) Sep 11, 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 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 this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros explain why ambitious goals can expose a gap between the person you are and the person your desired results require. Success is not always about becoming someone else. Sometimes it is about accepting your natural strengths. Other times, it requires building discipline, emotional regulation, consistency, and skills that do not come naturally. Kevin reflects on what changed as the business, client work, and personal demands accelerated. Alan examines the difference between amplifying your real strengths and trying to imitate someone whose path was never meant to be yours.
Together, they discuss self-awareness, fitness, likability, capability, and the uncomfortable reality that meaningful growth often asks for more than the original goal revealed. If you want better results without losing your identity in the process, this episode will help you assess what to keep, what to adjust, and what your next level actually costs.
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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:
(1:49) The real cost of ambitious goals
(3:40) When to accept Vs. Adjust
(6:57) Discipline beyond your feelings
(8:46) Natural strengths and developed skills
(14:10) Fitness as a performance advantage
(16:34) Stop trying to become someone else
(18:23) Significance Vs. Belonging
(22:47) Capability, potential, and self-belief
(26:04) Outro

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Acceptance Vs Adjustment (2551) Sep 10, 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 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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Growth is not about becoming someone else. It is about knowing what to accept, what to adjust, and what your goals truly require. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan examine the tension between self-acceptance and self-improvement. They break down why accepting yourself is not the same as settling, and why growth should not require you to reject the traits that make you who you are. Learn how to identify your natural strengths, recognize the limitations that can come with them, and separate a meaningful adjustment from a performative attempt to fit in.
Kevin and Alan also discuss identity, introversion, compatibility, belonging, and the cost of every strength. The deeper challenge is aligning your goals with the person you are and the person you are genuinely willing to become. Real personal development starts with honest self-awareness, then turns that awareness into intentional action.
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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:
(2:15) When self-awareness becomes an excuse
(4:09) The problem with changing your nature
(6:39) Difference Vs. Incompatibility
(11:00) Stop manufacturing belonging
(15:20) Every strength has a cost
(20:04) Align your nature with your goals
(22:20) Outro

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It Should Be As Simple As It Needs To Be But Not More… (2550) Sep 09, 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 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 advice that feels easiest to follow is also too shallow to change your life? In this episode, Kevin and Alan break down why the best personal development guidance is simple enough to apply, but deep enough to create lasting results. They discuss the limits of surface-level advice, the value of understanding cognitive biases, and why books, podcasts, and courses should serve a clear goal rather than fill your time.
Drawing from their coaching experience and years of intentional learning, Kevin and Alan explain how to build a personal curriculum around the skills, awareness, and mindset your next level requires. You will learn why one insight rarely changes everything, how to identify the layers beneath a problem, and why long-term growth demands more than quick answers. Stop collecting answers. Start building capacity.
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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:
(1:44) Simple, but not too simple
(3:04) Helpful advice Vs. Complete solutions
(6:13) Books as tools for long-term growth
(9:32) Build a curriculum around your goals
(14:31) The disciplined pursuit of less
(20:51) Go beyond the first layer
(24:08) Awareness, skills, and mindset
(28:11) Outro

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What Your Friends’ Goals Say About You (2549) Sep 08, 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 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 make plain that your closest relationships can either raise your standards or quietly lower them. The goals, habits, and priorities of the people around you shape what feels normal, realistic, and worth pursuing. When your environment lacks direction, it becomes easier to delay the work required for a better future.
Kevin and Alan discuss the psychology of belonging, the discomfort that can come with outgrowing old patterns, and the importance of choosing your circle with both ambition and character in mind. This episode offers a direct look at how your relationships affect your identity, consistency, and long-term potential, without suggesting that personal growth requires abandoning the people you care about.
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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:
(1:55) What your friends’ goals reveal about you
(3:50) Measuring the ambition of your circle
(6:49) Why standards rise with bigger goals
(9:21) When goal mismatch strains partnerships
(11:19) The social cost of setting serious goals
(13:01) Opportunity cost and choosing your environment
(15:16) Why sustainable growth requires recovery
(17:16) Build your circle one level at a time
(20:14) Why character and goals must align
(23:21) Outro

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This Is One Of The Best Predictors Of Success (2548) Sep 07, 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 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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Your daily choices matter more when you see where they lead. In this episode, Kevin and Alan illuminate why time perspective is one of the strongest predictors of long-term success in health, wealth, love, and personal development. They break down the difference between living for immediate comfort and building a life your future self can respect. Kevin reflects on learning that surface-level goals alone do not create fulfillment, while Alan shares how years of disciplined habit change and coaching have reinforced a simple truth. Every repeated choice compounds.
You will hear how to identify the distractions draining your time, money, and focus, calculate the real cost of small habits, and build greater self-awareness without trying to overhaul your entire life overnight. This is not about becoming perfect or removing every pleasure. It is about developing the ability to think further ahead before today’s impulse sends tomorrow the bill. Your future is keeping receipts. Give it fewer bad ones.
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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:
(1:45) Why time perspective predicts success
(3:48) Think further ahead in every area
(9:43) Making long-term thinking practical
(14:07) Identify distractions hurting your goals
(19:00) Practice delayed gratification consistently
(21:02) How daily choices compound over time
(24:29) The top distractions derailing progress
(27:28) Awareness before extreme habit changes
(29:21) Outro

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Courage Is Different For Everyone (2547) Sep 06, 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 courage you need is not the courage you think you should have? In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan elucidate why courage is personal, context matters, and comparison can distort your view of progress. They discuss the fears that quietly drive avoidance, including fear of failure, judgment, and success. You will also hear why perfectionism is not always a sign of high standards, why consistency alone is not enough, and how improvement must work alongside action.
This conversation offers a practical way to assess your current state before choosing your next challenge. The answer is not always to push harder. Sometimes it is to raise your standards. Other times, it is to take the small action you have been avoiding.
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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:
(3:40) Three fears that drive avoidance
(5:50) Perfectionism Vs. Progress and release
(11:12) Why consistency and improvement must coexist
(16:30) Match the challenge to your state
(20:15) Build from where you are
(22:42) Why success requires opposing strengths
(24:52) Filter advice through your own goals
(26:08) Outro

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This Goal Guarantees You Won’t Be Successful (2546) Sep 05, 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 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 this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros clarify why being committed to looking right can make you less capable over time. The need to protect your image may feel like confidence, but it often blocks the feedback, humility, and honest self-awareness required for long-term personal growth. Drawing from their evolving partnership, client coaching, and thousands of conversations about performance, Kevin and Alan examine how arrogance creates blind spots in leadership, relationships, and decision-making. They explain why strong people are willing to admit when they are wrong, update their perspective, and put the mission ahead of their ego.
This conversation offers a practical look at coachability, trust, confidence, and the mindset required to keep improving when being corrected feels uncomfortable. If you want to lead yourself more effectively and become harder to derail, this episode will challenge how you respond to disagreement, failure, and feedback. Let correction become your advantage.
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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:
(2:13) The cost of needing to look smarter
(4:43) Getting better before looking good
(8:57) Why failure belongs behind the scenes
(10:11) Building partnerships around the mission
(12:18) How owning mistakes builds trust
(14:02) Correcting errors in your thinking
(18:09) Why arrogance makes people uncoachable
(21:30) Humility as a leadership requirement
(24:33) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

1 Simple Task That WILL 100% Change Your Future (2545) Sep 04, 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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Your future is shaped by what your calendar reveals, not what your intentions promise. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan investigate why so many people feel short on time while their daily choices quietly pull them away from the goals that matter most. They break down the value of a practical time audit, the difference between perceived busyness and measurable priorities, and how to account for the 168 hours available each week.
You will also hear how small, repeated time investments can compound into better health, stronger habits, greater productivity, and more intentional personal growth. This episode offers a direct framework for identifying where your time, effort, and money are going, then evaluating whether those investments are helping you build the future you say you want.
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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:
(1:54) The time audit that changes your future
(3:20) The reality of your 168 hours
(5:24) How to audit your week
(6:34) Measure time against your goals
(10:13) Invest in tools that save time
(12:13) Use time, effort, and money wisely
(16:33) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

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