Next Level University
Confidence, mindset, relationships, limiting beliefs, family, goals, consistency, self-worth, and success are at the core of hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros' heart-driven, no-nonsense approach to holistic self-improvement. This transformative, 7 day per week podcast is focused on helping dream chasers who have been struggling to achieve their goals and are seeking community, consistency and answers. If you've ever asked yourself "How do I get to the next level in my life", we're here for you!
Our goal at NLU is to help you uncover the habits to build unshakable confidence, cultivate a powerful mindset, nurture meaningful relationships, overcome limiting beliefs, create an amazing family life, set and achieve transformative goals, embrace consistency, recognize your self-worth, and ultimately create the fulfillment and success you desire. Let's level up your health, wealth and love!
Next Level University
#1415 - Sleep Is Actually “Productive”
What if the secret to enhancing your cognitive functions, memory, and overall life quality was something as simple as getting a decent night's sleep? In this episode, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros talk about the profound impact of sleep quality on our memory and performance, based on their experiences in the different stages of their lives. They also discuss the importance of making sleep a habit and setting yourself up for success by having a healthy amount of sleep.
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Show notes:
[1:28] Kevin’s sleep story at different stages of his life
[7:38] Alan protects his sleep at all costs
[9:08] Contemplate your sleep
[11:12] Amanda shares how Alan made her feel valued and supported during their first consultation call and how she appreciates his holistic approach
[12:39] Sleep is the most important thing for memory
[17:53] What is your relationship with sleep?
[20:03] Outro
Okay. When Emilia and I first got together, we watched the notebook together. This is three and a half years ago. Her memory was she always used to say it all the time I have memory challenges, I have memory challenges, I have memory challenges and she would forget things. She was not getting good sleep. I was convinced I was so convinced of the neuroscience that she could not only improve her memory but eventually get to the point where she has an excellent memory. Here we are, three and a half years later. I got her a leadership series is what I called it for Christmas. It was five books about how to become a better leader, and one of the five books was memory. Recovery is what it's called, or memory rescue. It's called memory rescue, and she studied and studied and studied about memory.
Speaker 1:Sleep is the most important thing for memory. When I'm not getting good sleep, I don't have a photographic memory like I usually do. So I have a photographic memory. I'm very, very blessed. I can close my eyes and look at the whiteboard downstairs. It says Alan Grocer shopping. You still haven't done it. I can do that, that's awesome.
Speaker 1:But when I'm not getting good sleep, I'm telling you, things start to slip. I remember Kevin and I used to be on the road and when he and I weren't getting good sleep, it would be really challenging to have conversations with mentors until 10 o'clock at night and then go have more deep conversations with each other. He would burn out quicker than I would. But I'm telling you, sometimes we would get to a place and I'd say, brother, I have to nap before we work, I cannot function. You've got an interview in an hour and a half and I can't function. I'm supposed to ask these intelligent people, intelligent questions. I'm over here half asleep.
Speaker 1:So if you struggle with memory, if you struggle with cognitive function, I am telling you, the number one, most important thing for your brain to work optimally is sleep. I am not lazy. I do not set an alarm, and Emilia never sets an alarm unless she absolutely has to. She's at alchemy's right now, so she had to set an alarm last night, but normally when she tries to set an alarm, I'll say, sweetheart, is that an absolute must? Because I want us to sleep as much as possible and get the highest sleep score we possibly can. I track my sleep score every single day, but I'm not saying this to talk about me. I'm saying this because I promise you a happy, healthy, productive, magnificent, fulfilling life is unbelievably predicated to a drastic, alarming degree. Find out. Well you sleep.
Speaker 2:I'll use the pullout coach. The night before the event I tried to sleep on this pullout coach and it was brutal and we stayed up Doing the presentation and just getting everything prepared and I remember we were getting ready for bed and we were discussing what time we had to get there. Now what did I say?
Speaker 1:five you said we have to wake up at 445. Was that what it was?
Speaker 2:Yeah, to get there for 5 30 and I got A. My sleep score was like a 30 or something like that. It's the lowest sleep score I've I've ever had or I've ever seen. I think somebody on the team actually might have got a little.
Speaker 1:We got to provide context on what sleep score means.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, it's some measure for the horror ring. I think it determines the quality of your sleep, the quantity of your sleep, the deep sleep, the rem sleep, how long it took you to fall asleep, your heart rate, some sort of algorithm behind the scenes. Just for context, I slept like shit. That's the best way to put it. I didn't sleep well. It might have been one of the worst nights of sleep I've ever gotten. Then we proceeded to get up and go host an event and be on stage from Whatever seven in the morning until one in the afternoon, get food, drive back to the air bnb, be around the team and I had to. I don't know if I ended up taking a nap, but I was done. That was it. I went upstairs and I watched old Mike Tyson fights. Well, everybody else celebrated because I was so gas, so the the hard part about this is if you, if you have never gotten really quality sleep, you don't know the difference Because it just becomes normal. I'm really good at functioning on very low sleep.
Speaker 2:I've already definitely way better than me. I already planned this. We're going to Pittsburgh. Alan got invited to something I didn't get invited to because I didn't attend or get into the college that he went to, or I didn't get into any colleges and I'm not gonna be. I'm not gonna be allowed to be there because it's a brother thing for the fraternity.
Speaker 2:Ufc's on that night. Clutch, find love that. You said you did get into colleges. I did. Yeah, I, actually I did get into college. I didn't attend colleges, that's right. I got into fitchburg state and dean college, both of them. Yes, ufc is on that saturday night. Okay, ufc and an air bnb.
Speaker 2:I'm a huge fan of watching UFC and other people's homes. Love that, I love that. I'm gonna get dominoes. It's gonna be great. The next day we have a 10 hour ride home. We're gonna get up at four o'clock in the morning, so I'm gonna get Maybe four hours of sleep, but I'm okay with that because I'm willing to make that sacrifice. But I'm already thinking of that.
Speaker 2:So, again, not the sexiest topic, not the sexiest thing, but it is one of the fundamentals. It is, it's one of the fundamentals If you can treat sleep like a habit, like you do everything else. Going to the gym and getting a quality workout Okay, going to sleep and getting a quality night's rest, check-ins with your partner, making sure your, your bedroom Is set up for success it's cold enough, or it's warm enough, or it's dark enough, or Whatever. There's a sound machine, whatever it may be Simplest form. What is your current relationship? This is my next level, nugget, because we have the team call here shortly what is your current relationship with sleep and Do you feel like it's actually productive to sleep Like alan? That's why alan doesn't set an alarm, because he knows it's productive to get the most amount of sleep, because, not just for now, but for longevity or what I thought before of, I have to get up early every single day. No matter what, if I don't get up early, I'm not going to be successful. That was my original thought. Yeah, so the nugget, sir.
Speaker 1:Next level nugget would be what is your relationship with sleep? You have a relationship with money. You have a relationship with your hair. You have a relationship with Fitness. You have a relationship with this podcast. Is it positive or negative? What's your relationship with sleep? Do you think sleep is the best thing ever? You just love it, honor it, cherish it, work on it, improve it? I would say, mine for sure. And or is it not important? Check in on that because, yeah, you cannot be at your best without great sleep. You can't. It's scientifically impossible. Scientifically impossible. So you, yeah, you have to dial this up if you want to get to the next level. We don't really talk about that enough, but there's certain things that are musts, no matter who you are.
Speaker 1:I mean, I guess there's some people like a very, very, very small percentage of the population that can actually function on five hours Of sleep. But point it's point, I think it's point one percent. So, okay, point one percent. So one in a thousand? Yeah, unless you're that one in a thousand, you need, you need quality sleep, and my clients, the team members, a lot of people that I'm working with, have improved their sleep and I've seen a drastic difference in them and their growth, for sure. So, yeah, not sexy, but absolutely critical, absolutely a fundamental. And you want to talk about willpower. It's like if you don't charge your phone, you can't expect it to do much. You have to recharge your body and your brain, otherwise it won't do much.
Speaker 2:Next elimination. I don't know what tomorrow's episode is because I'm Jeff and and I just wasn't fully prepared. It's gonna be a great episode. It's gonna be fire, maybe the best episode we've ever done. Could be the worst episode we've ever done. I don't know yet because I don't know what it's gonna be. If you haven't joined, if you haven't joined our private Facebook group yet, please do. The link will be in the show notes. We have to go, alan, because you have to log into the team call right now. We love you, we appreciate you, we're grateful for each and every one of you and an L you. We don't have fans, we have family. We will talk to you all tomorrow with a very special surprise episode get some sleep next elimination.
