Precision over guesswork. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan break down what it really takes to build consistent progress in your health, habits, and personal discipline. They challenge common fitness myths, explain why most people stall out, and show how small daily choices quietly shape long-term results. This conversation focuses on structure, standards, and self-leadership. You will learn how to think in systems instead of shortcuts, how to measure what actually matters, and how to stay focused when motivation fades.

If you are serious about weight loss, performance, and building a body and mindset you can rely on, this episode delivers practical clarity without hype. Stop hoping for change. Start operating with intention.

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Resource Mentioned:
WolframAlpha: Data Without the Guesswork - https://www.wolframalpha.com/

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Learn more about:
Track the Work. Earn the Results. To know more about the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group or get directly connected via Instagram:

Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/

Your first 30-minute “Business Breakthrough Session” call with Alan is FREE. This call is designed to help you identify bottlenecks and build a clear plan for your next level. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session

_______________________

NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey.

For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇

Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com

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:
(4:51) Why daily weigh-ins matter
(7:12) Understanding trendlines over emotions
(9:28) The truth about calories and diets
(11:16) Finding your real maintenance level
(16:53) Using satiation to control hunger
(18:36) Treating calories like a daily budget
(24:33) Training for fat loss and sustainability
(29:02) Building consistency under pressure
(32:06) Year-round discipline mindset
(34:55) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

🎙️ 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.

What if the choices you make today are quietly shaping the life you will live for decades?

In this episode, Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros explain why most people stay stuck, not because they lack motivation, but because their daily decisions are out of alignment with their long-term goals. Drawing from years of coaching and thousands of conversations with high performers, they reveal how comfort, weak standards, and short-term thinking slowly undermine confidence and momentum.

You will learn how belief shapes behavior, why future-focused thinking matters, and how to build habits that compound across health, wealth, and relationships. Do not just listen. Recalibrate your standards and start living at the level your future self expects.

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Learn more about:
Track the Work. Earn the Results. To know more about the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group or get directly connected via Instagram:

Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/

Your first 30-minute “Business Breakthrough Session” call with Alan is FREE. This call is designed to help you identify bottlenecks and build a clear plan for your next level. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session

_______________________

NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey.

For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇

Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com

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:
(3:49) What makes a decision “good”
(5:18) Present self Vs. Future self thinking
(6:27) The success loop and belief system
(9:22) Investing in invisible habits
(12:09) Time perspective and long-term strategy
(15:40) Self-belief and sustainable growth
(18:39) Knowledge Vs. Real understanding
(20:33) Investing in your future self
(23:50) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

🎙️ 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.

In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros break down why ambitious people stay stuck even while working hard. They reveal how conflicting goals, comfort, and lifestyle choices quietly erode focus, discipline, and long-term progress.

This conversation challenges the belief that you can chase everything at once and still win. You will learn why misaligned priorities drain momentum and how simplifying your focus leads to stronger results in health, wealth, relationships, and personal development. If you want clarity, consistency, and real performance, this episode will sharpen how you pursue what matters most.

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Learn more about:
Track the Work. Earn the Results. 10 Pounds in 10 Weeks Challenge. To know more about the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group or get directly connected via Instagram:

Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/

Where learning turns into action. “Next Level Book Club” every Saturday:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkcuiupjIqE9QlkptiKDQykRtKyFB5Jbhc

_______________________

NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey.

For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇

Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com

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:
(2:27) How competing priorities block results
(6:28) The myth of achieving opposite goals at once
(9:31) The paradox of freedom and sacrifice
(12:21) Why three priorities outperform many
(15:30) Sacrifice, social pressure, and lifestyle inflation
(17:22) Vices, peers, and self-sabotage patterns
(20:07) Comfort, regression, and identity shifts
(22:03) Status, perception, and long-term thinking
(24:51) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

🎙️ 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.

Hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros break down why “not having enough time” is one of the most common excuses holding ambitious people back. They explain how poor structure, loose deadlines, and unclear standards quietly undermine productivity, focus, and long-term growth. Drawing from years of coaching, business building, and thousands of conversations with high performers, they challenge the belief that more time automatically leads to better results.

This episode explores how discipline, intentional constraints, and clear finish lines create momentum, confidence, and consistency in life, health, business, and relationships. If you are tired of feeling behind and ready to operate with greater precision and personal authority, this conversation will reshape how you think about time.

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Learn more about:
Track the Work. Earn the Results. 10 Pounds in 10 Weeks Challenge. To know more about the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group or get directly connected via Instagram:

Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/

Join our Next Level University Monthly Masterclass, "Setting Your Life up for the Most Productive Year You’ve Ever Had." One hour. Real principles. Lasting breakthroughs - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nOyQhYF9TOaUdO1ezDdfdA#/registration

Your first 30-minute “Business Breakthrough Session” call with Alan is FREE. This call is designed to help you identify bottlenecks and build a clear plan for your next level. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session

_______________________

NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey.

For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇

Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com

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:
(3:23) Parkinson’s law and time expansion
(5:47) Finding your optimal work window
(7:33) Why does excess time weaken execution
(8:55) Defining clear finish lines
(10:34) How extra time reduces performance
(14:58) Optimizing for flow and focus
(16:24) Why is more is not better
(21:00) Accountability, standards, and results
(24:38) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

🎙️ 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 progress mirrors the expectations around you. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan break down how the people, environments, and standards you accept quietly shape your discipline, confidence, and long-term trajectory. This conversation cuts through surface-level self-improvement and reveals why many driven people plateau despite consistent effort.

You will hear how subtle influences affect identity, decision-making, and performance, and why real growth requires more than motivation. It demands precision, awareness, and intentional positioning. If you care about personal development, leadership, fitness, business, and mental resilience, this episode will challenge how you evaluate your circle, your habits, and your standards.

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Learn more about:
Track the Work. Earn the Results. 10 Pounds in 10 Weeks Challenge. To know more about the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group or get directly connected via Instagram:

Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/

Join our Next Level University Monthly Masterclass, "Setting Your Life up for the Most Productive Year You’ve Ever Had." One hour. Real principles. Lasting breakthroughs - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nOyQhYF9TOaUdO1ezDdfdA#/registration

Join our private Facebook community, “Next Level Nation,” to grow alongside people who are committed to improvement. - https://www.facebook.com/groups/459320958216700

_______________________

NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey.

For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇

Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com

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/

_______________________

Show notes:
(2:03) Relationship buckets and identity calibration
(5:19) Trajectory versus position in long-term performance
(8:29) Reference groups and motivation styles
(11:43) Why experience does not equal wisdom
(18:41) Environment, pressure, and elite standards
(25:01) Success, comfort, and diminishing necessity
(29:10) Growth-first Vs. Relationship-first identities
(37:23) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

🎙️ 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.

What if the thing holding you back is not confidence, but the feedback you keep avoiding?

In this episode, Kevin and Alan challenge one of the most popular myths in self-improvement. Real self-worth is not built by feeling good. It is built by doing the work, facing blind spots, and improving what actually matters. Drawing from years of coaching, hard-earned lessons, and thousands of conversations, they explain why comfort-driven advice slows progress and why real growth requires honest mirrors.

This is a grounded conversation about responsibility, discipline, and becoming someone who can handle the truth. Press play if you want progress that lasts, not reassurance that fades.

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Learn more about:
Track the Work. Earn the Results. 10 Pounds in 10 Weeks Challenge. To know more about the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group or get directly connected:

Instagram:
Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/
Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/

Join our private Facebook community, “Next Level Nation,” to grow alongside people who are committed to improvement. - https://www.facebook.com/groups/459320958216700

_______________________

NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey.

For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇

Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com

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:
(2:08) Discipline, discomfort, and what modern culture avoids
(5:12) Finding the real constraint that holds you back
(10:11) Self-worth determines how much feedback you can handle
(15:44) Why growth requires honest mirrors, not validation
(21:02) There is no coast mode in life or business
(29:15) Tying self-esteem to progress, not praise
(31:51) Self-worth as your capacity to use feedback
(34:53) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

🎙️ 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.

In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros dismantle a common lie in personal development. Priorities are not defined by what you say. They are defined by what you do when conditions are inconvenient. This episode focuses on execution, identity, and non-negotiable standards. It challenges the gap between intention and behavior and highlights why consistency under pressure is the real measure of growth.

No motivation. No hype. Just the discipline required to build self-respect and long-term results. Press play. Then decide if your actions match your standards.

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Digital Asset:
The 5 Next Level S's of Success - Micro

Learn more about:
Where learning turns into action. “Next Level Book Club” every Saturday:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkcuiupjIqE9QlkptiKDQykRtKyFB5Jbhc

Join our private Facebook community, “Next Level Nation,” to grow alongside people who are committed to improvement. - https://www.facebook.com/groups/459320958216700

_______________________

NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey.

For more information, check out our website and socials using 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:
(2:04) Talking priorities Vs. Living them
(5:09) Identity is built through non-negotiables
(9:12) Minimum standards under pressure
(12:07) When something is truly a priority
(18:22) Doing hard things consistently
(27:09) The five S’s of sustainable success
(33:21) Why growth always includes discomfort
(39:51) The real cost of high-level success
(43:52) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

🎙️ 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.

Hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros expose a subtle trap that keeps high performers stuck longer than failure ever could. Holding onto what once worked. After years of building Next Level University and coaching thousands through real growth phases, they have seen how progress turns into comfort, and how comfort quietly caps results.

This episode cuts through surface-level self-improvement advice and reframes what it actually takes to move from momentum to mastery. The focus is on leverage, standards, and long-term consistency across health, wealth, and relationships. No hacks. No hype. Just the principles required to reach the next level without burning out or drifting backward.

Learn more about:
Your first 30-minute “Business Breakthrough Session” call with Alan is FREE. This call is designed to help you identify bottlenecks and build a clear plan for your next level. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session

Join our private Facebook community, “Next Level Nation,” to grow alongside people who are committed to improvement. - https://www.facebook.com/groups/459320958216700

_______________________

NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey.

For more information, check out our website and socials using 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:
(1:27) The three buckets of progression
(4:45) Time audit to cut the noise
(6:09) Leverage and Pareto explained
(13:27) Work smarter now
(17:27) Drop good to reach great
(18:16) Protect recovery to sustain
(24:32) Outro

Send a text to Kevin and Alan!

🎙️ 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.