The #1 Reason Self-Improvement Content Isn't Helping You (2299)

Why does so much self-improvement content leave you informed but unchanged?

In this episode, Kevin and Alan confront the uncomfortable truth behind why personal development rarely translates into real results. They challenge the feel-good, shortcut-driven culture that rewards clicks over competence and explain what actually creates lasting growth. This conversation cuts through false promises, highlights the difference between value and validation, and reinforces the standards required for real progress in the real world.

If you are tired of consuming content without seeing change, this episode will sharpen your discernment and reset your expectations. Stop collecting advice. Start building evidence.

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Show notes:
(3:35) Feeling better Vs. Actually getting better
(7:04) The danger of following pretend leaders
(11:32) Value over conversion and long-term trust
(14:24) Why real growth will never go viral
(16:34) The fine print most coaches leave out
(19:04) The question that determines real progress
(21:18) Accountability, standards, and real results
(22:53) Outro

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Chapters

• 3:35 Feeling better Vs. Actually getting better
• 7:04 The danger of following pretend leaders
• 11:32 Value over conversion and long-term trust
• 14:24 Why real growth will never go viral
• 16:34 The fine print most coaches leave out
• 19:09 The question that determines real progress
• 21:18 Accountability, standards, and real results
• 22:53 Outro

Transcript

Kevin Palmieri

(0:00) I might be a podcaster who has thousands and thousands and thousands of episodes under his belt, but I don't ever.ever. (0:09) I can probably count on the number of hands I've actually searched a podcast to learn from, and there's a big reason to why.on to why.

Alan Lazaros

(0:17) Kevin said people are more focused these days on conversion than actual value. (0:22) Next Level University is different. (0:24) Here's why. why.

Kevin Palmieri

(0:25) Welcome to Next Level University. (0:28) I'm your host, Kevin Palmieri.ieri. (0:29) And I'm your co-host, Alan Lazarus.arus.(0:33) At NLU, we believe in a heart-driven but no-BS approach to holistic self-improvement for dream chasers.

Alan Lazaros

(0:39) Our goal with every episode is to help you level up your life, love, health, and wealth.

Kevin Palmieri

(0:46) We bring you a new episode every single day on topics like confidence, self-belief, self-worth, self-awareness, relationships, boundaries, consistency, habits, and defining your own unique version of success.

Alan Lazaros

(1:02) Self-improvement in your pocket, every day, from anywhere, completely free. (1:08) Welcome to Next Level University.

Kevin Palmieri

(1:14) Next Level Nation today, for episode number 2,299, the number one reason self-improvement content isn't helping you. you. (1:22) Alan told this story in the previous episode, where somebody had reached out to us and we ended up getting to know this person very well, and they had listened to 500 episodes of, which was the Hyperconscious podcast, had just become Next Level University, and they were still struggling in many, many, many areas of life. (1:40) And Alan was very frustrated with that, and I wasn't super surprised, because listening to a podcast is drastically different than doing something with the information, and there's certain things that it's very hard to do alone, so I understand why that's challenging.'s challenging.(1:57) But this is my thought, okay? (1:59) This is my thought. (2:00) To Alan's point, I think we live in a time now where people are more focused on getting somebody to watch it than to leave it with value.alue.(2:12) I think, I think that's the, one of the reasons people ask me all the time, like, what are your favorite podcasts?asts? (2:19) I like books because they're vetted.tted. (2:23) I like books because they've been through the gauntlet.tlet.(2:26) I like books because they stand the test of time. (2:30) One of the reasons I don't like listening to a lot of podcasts is because a lot of them are just bullshit.shit. (2:38) There have been some episodes of many podcasts that shouldn't be allowed to be released because what they're talking about is just not factually correct.y correct.(2:51) If, now I'm not saying, I don't know, does the host not know better?ow better? (2:54) I don't know.know. (2:55) I have, I have a hard time believing that, but there, it's not about value, it's about clicks.ut clicks.(3:01) What do you believe? (3:01) You believe they're trying to get clicks?icks? (3:03) I believe they know how to play the game well.

Alan Lazaros

(3:06) Yeah.

Kevin Palmieri

(3:06) I believe there is no one drink that is going to burn body fat off of you like hot butter. (3:14) That's not fucking real.real. (3:16) That's dumb.dumb.

Alan Lazaros

(3:17) Wasn't it melt?melt?

Kevin Palmieri

(3:17) Melt body fat? (3:18) Yeah, melt, excuse me. (3:19) Like hot butter.(3:19) Like hot butter. (3:21) Or do this for five minutes a day and lose all your visceral fat. (3:25) Like, that's not real.real.(3:27) That's dumb.dumb. (3:28) That's made up.e up. (3:29) And I feel like that's so far out of integrity.rity.(3:34) So this is, this is the thought. (3:35) We talked about this a million times, but I'm just seeing this from a different perspective.tive. (3:38) The number one reason self-improvement content isn't helping you, it's not supposed to help you. help you.(3:42) It's supposed to make you feel better.tter. (3:43) That's why it's not helping.t helping. (3:47) That's it.s it.

Alan Lazaros

(3:47) I know. (3:49) And I'm annoyed.oyed. (3:51) I see.(3:52) Remember when I used to say, I know a book is great by how bad it makes me feel about myself? (3:56) I do remember him. (3:58) Okay, let me unpack that rather than just some saying.(4:01) Why would I say that? (4:04) I'll get rid of the condescending tone.tone. (4:05) Okay.(4:07) The book, The Fifteen Invaluable Laws of Growth behind me. (4:11) When I first read that, I was like, oh, oh, I am not doing these nearly to the extent that I could have and should have and want to. (4:24) When you read that book, you realize how much you've left on the table.able.(4:28) Everyone's left a ton on the table.able. (4:30) I look back. (4:32) I told you about the hard drive that I looked through.(4:34) Did I say that publicly? (4:35) I don't think so.k so. (4:37) Oh, Emilia needed an external hard drive.(4:39) She's taking VHS tapes from her childhood and digitizing them.them. (4:44) She needed a hard drive. (4:45) And I said, okay, yeah, no problem.(4:46) Let me. (4:46) And I went through one of my old hard drives that has all the backups from all my computers and all my iPhones from 11 years ago. (4:55) And, dude, we wasted so much time.(5:00) You and me piss me off. (5:02) Now, I'm not saying we were horrible people.ople. (5:04) I'm not saying we weren't dialed in the most. the most.(5:06) I'm saying we were not putting it all on the court.ourt. (5:10) And I'm saying, I know we're better than that.than that. (5:12) I'm certainly better than that.that.(5:14) Now, at the end of the day, there's a couple things that were obvious to me.o me. (5:17) I'll be brief about this.this. (5:18) I spent a lot of time with people who didn't have goals and dreams, and they were pretending to have goals and dreams.eams.(5:23) Speaking of pretending, a lot of podcasters are pretending to add value and pretending to be next level and pretending to do work and pretending to be smart and pretending. (5:33) A lot of people's careers are built on pretending.ding. (5:39) To me, I just did an episode on Business Growth University.(5:44) The CEO, it's about CEO stuff.tuff. (5:47) The CEO has to be the hardest working. (5:49) The CEO has to be the most highest standards.(5:52) Why would you ever follow me as a leader if I'm worse than you at everything?hing? (5:59) Why would you ever let me be CEO if you work harder than me? (6:04) But I actually think that happens all the time, unfortunately.(6:08) I don't think it's integrous.integrous. (6:09) I don't think it's smart.7;s smart. (6:10) I think a lot of people are putting on a show.(6:15) And if someone on this podcast hypothetically were to have a camera on me, a private camera on me, 24-7, 365, I bet you you'd be blown away at how on point I actually am.y am. (6:29) I am more dialed in behind the scenes than I am on this camera right now, for sure, without a question. (6:35) I don't think that's true with everybody.everybody.(6:39) And so the question here becomes, get very picky and very discerning with who you follow. (6:51) I want to go way more heavy on this in 2026. (6:55) Get around next level people.(7:00) You have to get around people that are actually next level, not pretending to be next level. (7:04) You have to get around people that are actually driven, not pretending to be driven. (7:09) You have to get around people who are actually learning, not pretending to learn.(7:12) You have to get around people who are actually taking notes, not taking notes just because people are watching. (7:17) And my favorite people in the world to work with are the people who are more behind the scenes than they are in the front. (7:25) And I think that the world is so focused on conversions and clicks.(7:29) Dude, some of these YouTube channels are just not of any real value for real people in the real world. (7:35) At least when it comes to your goals and dreams, like discipline doesn't work.work.

Kevin Palmieri

(7:44) And do you know why I think this happens though? (7:47) Because I think what happens is an industry doesn't get created, but it like spider webs, right?ight? (7:55) So books, books in the beginning were written for whatever reason.(7:59) And then people are like, Oh, I can write about how to help people. (8:01) Awesome. (8:01) Cool.(8:02) Boom. (8:03) Then eventually it gets to the point where people are like, Oh, I can write a book and make tons of money. (8:07) And once that becomes the first thought, the integrity of that pursuit is now a little bit bruised.(8:15) And I think again, somebody asked me this the other day, I don't remember what it was like.like. (8:21) Oh, Oh, when you started the podcast, you realize you can make a lot of money. (8:24) I was like, fuck no, no.(8:25) If I, if I wanted to make a lot of money, I would never have done this. (8:29) We've been able to make money with this and that's awesome.s awesome. (8:31) And we've grinded our faces off to do it.o it.(8:33) And great. (8:34) Now we get to do this for a living and it's amazing.zing. (8:35) Awesome.(8:36) And it's also terrible at the same time because it's super overwhelming.rwhelming. (8:39) No, I would have left my six figure job. (8:41) I would have just kept doing that if I wanted to make money.(8:43) That's not why if somebody, I think it's like, what is the point of inception?inception? (8:48) Oh, I could make a boatload of money doing that. (8:53) Then you're already, it's already a flawed plan.awed plan.(8:58) And I think the, the order of those two things matters that, that is what I think it's really easy now to just make content that's going to make money.ake money. (9:07) I'm not saying that's what a lot of people are doing.are doing. (9:11) They're definitely actually, no, I am saying that is what a lot of people do.e do.(9:15) I'm not saying that's what everybody's doing.y's doing. (9:16) I'm not saying that's what everybody's doing.y's doing.

Alan Lazaros

(9:18) I appreciate the reframe. (9:19) But how could you see? (9:21) What percentage of people are doing that?(9:25) Where the real reason they're doing it is to make money.oney. (9:29) From your perspective, this is anecdotal. (9:31) I know it's not real.real.(9:32) I know you haven't, don't have a research study.rch study. (9:35) Trying to think of examples. (9:37) I used to be a naive.(9:39) I used to be naive. (9:41) That's one thing that jumped off the page from you and me 11 years ago. ago. (9:43) Naive.(9:44) For sure.

Kevin Palmieri

(9:45) 80, 20.

Alan Lazaros

(9:45) Me more than you.

Kevin Palmieri

(9:46) I was more naive. (9:47) 80, 20, 80, 20. (9:49) But I think the problem is.

Alan Lazaros

(9:50) To make money, right?

Kevin Palmieri

(9:51) No, no, no. (9:52) 20%, 20%. (9:54) Really?(9:54) Yeah. (9:54) But the problem is many of those 20% are the big ones. (9:59) That's the problem.blem.

Alan Lazaros

(10:00) Ah, so it seems like more of them, yeah.

Kevin Palmieri

(10:03) I went to a podcast conference and the guy from Diary of a CEO was there as the keynote. (10:08) I left. (10:09) I'm not interested.sted.(10:11) I don't think you know that much more.more. (10:13) Okay, talk to me. (10:13) Why did you leave?(10:14) Because I think for him it's always been a business.ness. (10:19) Allegedly. (10:20) I think it's always been a business.ness.(10:23) Okay. (10:23) I don't feel that way about like modern wisdom.sdom. (10:25) I don't feel that way about like modern wisdom.sdom.(10:27) That's a good, high quality.lity. (10:31) But will it stand the test of time? (10:35) I don't know.know.(10:36) Maybe.

Alan Lazaros

(10:37) What was clear to you in that speech? (10:40) Like what made you walk out?

Kevin Palmieri

(10:42) I didn't see it.e it. (10:42) No, no. (10:42) I saw his name and I left.(10:44) I'm not interested.sted. (10:45) Oh, okay. (10:46) Yeah, I'm not. not.(10:46) I don't.27;t. (10:47) I can't.27;t. (10:48) If the syntax is off it's very hard for me, to a detriment, to learn from somebody.body.(10:53) And again, has that podcast helped a ton of people? (10:56) I'm sure it has, of course.urse. (10:57) Yeah, of course.(10:58) Has it also misled a ton of people? (11:01) Absolutely. (11:02) Of course.(11:02) Yes, for sure. (11:03) Have, could you say the same about us? (11:05) Could you say, yep, we've helped a lot of people and we've also misled?so misled?(11:08) I'm sure you could say that we've misled, but it's never been.7;s never been.

Alan Lazaros

(11:11) Certain guests we definitely have.

Kevin Palmieri

(11:12) Yeah.

Alan Lazaros

(11:13) That's why we stopped having guests.ests.

Kevin Palmieri

(11:14) And that's, yeah, we didn't lean into the marketing of that.g of that.

Alan Lazaros

(11:17) My truth is we've been more objectively truthful than any podcast I've ever listened to.stened to. (11:22) I, and I do think we've been more focused on helping people.ople. (11:27) Like this, the center of this conversation, the is conversion, not value.(11:32) You believe most people are focused on conversion, not value. (11:36) I think we've been value over conversion.sion. (11:40) I would say so to a detriment at times.(11:42) I would say without a question to a huge detriment. (11:46) Even now. (11:47) To a detriment in terms of success, not to a detriment in terms of fulfillment and meaning and value of the show and longevity.(11:53) And like, I think we create loyal listeners because I have one person who reached out and said, I never thought I'd respect a man so much.much. (12:02) Who's 12 years younger than me.n me. (12:03) Cause he listened to CCP conscious couples podcast.(12:07) I got to stop using acronyms, the conscious couples podcast that Amelia and I do. (12:11) And he said, it was interesting to see a different side of you because he listens to us every day. (12:15) And first of all, I was like, that's interesting.ting.(12:19) I'm different with Kev than I am with Amelia.elia. (12:21) It makes sense. (12:22) Yeah.(12:22) But I also don't know what he means by that really.ally. (12:25) So reach out, let me know what you meant by that because I feel like I'm me.m me. (12:31) Well, I'm sure you're not as intense.s intense.(12:33) You're not as intense.ense. (12:34) I'm sure.sure. (12:34) Maybe more, maybe more.(12:37) I don't know.know. (12:37) I would love to know what he means because I do think the conscious couples podcast briefly here is more vulnerable for me because it's with Amelia and talking about relationships.hips. (12:50) And for me, relationships were always harder than success.(12:52) I feel like success has always come fairly easy to me. (12:55) Relationships were atrocious, like never came easy at all. (12:58) Still don't.27;t.(13:00) The right relationships come easy to me now. (13:02) Okay. (13:03) Uh, back to this NLU.(13:06) I do believe, and I will say this more than any other podcast focuses on real value in the real world, more than conversion than any other show.

Kevin Palmieri

(13:17) Well, I think the other hard thing too is I think for a lot of people, it's really hard to listen to content that doesn't make you feel good about yourself because for, for so many of us, we already don't feel good about ourselves.bout ourselves. (13:29) So the last thing we want to do is listen to content that highlights our insecurities or highlights our flaws or, or whatever it is. (13:36) I, if you leave a podcast, like I'm thinking of, uh, um, there's a lot of, there's a lot of guests that do like the circuits and I can already think of the thumbnail. the thumbnail.(13:47) It's like, it's not your fault.our fault. (13:49) It's the number one reason you're retaining body fat. body fat. (13:51) It's, there's a fat switch in your body that genetically is turned on, blah, blah, blah.lah, blah.(13:56) You leave that having a justification for something that you didn't have certainty on.y on. (14:02) And now you don't necessarily, you don't have to change your behavior, but you listen to this podcast to give you an answer.an answer. (14:07) The answer is convenient to you.(14:09) And now you're going to re listen to that.that. (14:10) You're going to listen to that podcast moving forward.ward. (14:11) It's not going to help you worse than ever.ever.

Alan Lazaros

(14:14) But I think that's the most, the most disappointing is, is the most truthful.hful. (14:18) I agree. (14:19) But I also say if you really want a six pack, you have to exercise a minimum of an hour a day.(14:24) You have to track calories. (14:25) You have to weigh yourself every day and you have to focus on the longterm and you have to do that for years. (14:29) And then maybe one day you can have a six pack.(14:31) No one wants to hear that.

Kevin Palmieri

(14:32) And that's the truth.ruth. (14:34) And it's not going to, that's not going to go viral and it's not going to blow up and that's going to be the show you want to listen to.u want to listen to. (14:39) Is it really that simple?

Alan Lazaros

(14:39) People just want easy, dude. (14:41) Easy is dumb. (14:43) Easy is fake.(14:44) I think it's nothing nature.ture. (14:45) I think you imagine if an NFL player was like, yeah, how'd you get here?here? (14:49) Well, you know, six minutes a day, just six minutes a day.(14:53) Don't worry about it.t it.

Kevin Palmieri

(14:54) Dumbest shit I've ever heard in my life.life. (14:56) We have seen some products from some NFL players that we have seen products from NFL players that you and I looked at each other and said, they're just going to leave the steroids out completely.tely. (15:08) They'll just, they're not even going to mention that.tion that.

Alan Lazaros

(15:10) Yes. (15:12) Yes. (15:12) They will do that.(15:14) Yes. (15:16) They will do that. (15:17) Yes.(15:17) And even brother, that was, that was tough for me. (15:20) That, that same day, this whole journey has been basically that over and over and over again.

Kevin Palmieri

(15:24) And look, I'm not saying, I am not saying I am a fucking angel and like, I'm not saying any of that.y of that. (15:31) What I am saying is we have decided to take the longer, more terrible, more challenging road to just maintain the fulfillment of just not lying about everything. (15:44) I don't, I don't, it's, I know it is comical to talk about, but like that. but like that.(15:50) Yeah. (15:50) Facts.

Alan Lazaros

(15:51) Remember the episode where we interviewed someone and she's like, yeah, I lost like 40 pounds and it was just.just.

Kevin Palmieri

(15:56) I'm, I'm ashamed that I didn't have the courage to call it out.to call it out.

Alan Lazaros

(16:00) Yeah. (16:00) I'm ashamed.amed. (16:01) We did afterwards and then we didn't have people on after, but, but still, can you go through that story quickly for our listeners?ners?(16:07) Because this is fake. (16:08) Okay. (16:08) This is fake.(16:09) And it would be very easy to believe it. (16:11) That's the problem.blem. (16:12) If you don't know any better, you, that's like me being like, Hey, uh, you can buy this house.his house.(16:19) Huh? (16:19) And all you need to do is give me 10 grand. (16:22) Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, uh, the mortgage is 500 grand and you're going to pay seven grand a month and you're basically going to be under and bankrupt. bankrupt.(16:31) But don't worry about that.that. (16:32) Second part. (16:32) It's the fine print.rint.(16:34) I think you and I's podcast is always the fine print.rint. (16:36) Hey, FYI, this may cause it's like every medication.tion. (16:40) It can have you sleep, sleep soundly every night for the rest of your life.(16:44) Oh, by the way, you might go blind. (16:47) Side effects, temporary blindness. (16:49) Yes.(16:51) All of the things. (16:52) But the truth is personal development, self-improvement, mental health, personal growth. (16:56) We're, we're telling you the side effects.e effects.(16:59) If you want to achieve your goals and dreams, you're going to have to work hard almost every day for the rest of your life.life. (17:04) That's the truth.ruth. (17:05) And by the way, these people are doing that, but they're not talking about that part.part.

Kevin Palmieri

(17:12) It's weird.eird. (17:13) Or they're not doing that.that. (17:14) They just, I have somebody in mind that I know that at one point in their life was like, it was just like the manifestation.(17:23) I manifested it. (17:24) Their parents were paying their bills. (17:26) They didn't have, they didn't have any money.any money.(17:28) Their parents were paying their bills. (17:29) Their parents are the reason they were able to travel there. (17:31) They weren't manifesting anything.hing.(17:33) They had wealthy parents.

Alan Lazaros

(17:35) You and I can never do that later on when we're wealthier.hier. (17:39) And, and I think in some ways we're already trying to make sure we don't do that, but we can't ever lose sight of imagine you 20 years from now being like, well, I manifested this.anifested this. (17:49) No.(17:50) And then you leave out Christina, me, Amy, you don't mention any of that.that. (17:54) It's the team.team. (17:55) And you're just like, yeah, I mean, it was most, I vision boarded it and I just focused on manifestation.tion.(18:01) I meditated on it. (18:03) And then we do an episode on meditation and manifestation and vision boards. (18:06) And you leave out the fact that you grinded for 60 hours a week for two decades.

Kevin Palmieri

(18:10) Yeah. (18:10) But again, we, you know, we weren't always as truthful as we are today.oday. (18:18) We always tried to be more truthful than anybody else.(18:21) We knew for sure. (18:21) Like that was always the goal.

Alan Lazaros

(18:23) But I was trying to be very truthful.

Kevin Palmieri

(18:25) Yeah. (18:25) But I fell into like the manifestation piece of it.

Alan Lazaros

(18:29) Yeah.

Kevin Palmieri

(18:30) The work was always there. (18:31) It was always like, Hey, obviously you have to work.

Alan Lazaros

(18:33) Yeah. (18:33) Well, but now you wasn't to work, right?ight?

Kevin Palmieri

(18:36) No.

Alan Lazaros

(18:36) The missing piece for you was believing in yourself.

Kevin Palmieri

(18:39) Yeah. (18:39) But I think a lot of people, unfortunately, it's like they leave out the thing that you you're not doing that you're not searching for. searching for. (18:46) That's the, that's the hard part about it. about it.(18:48) And I just, I don't know, we live in a really weird place where it's really easy to make content.e content. (18:53) Anybody can make self-improvement content and they can fake their results and whatever. (18:57) And then they can just have you reaffirm things to yourself that are just, you're going to leave feeling really good.good.

Alan Lazaros

(19:04) My end is ask yourself at all times is, am I trying to feel better or actually get better? (19:10) And can you, I know we got to jump here in a second, but if you can just share that story real quick, cause I don't want to say, yeah, we had someone on.e on.

Kevin Palmieri

(19:18) And again, I was a fan of this person at the time and I had conversations with them behind the scenes and we almost worked with them at one time, but it didn't end up, it didn't end up working out.rking out. (19:26) And you, you might have to refresh my memory cause I don't, I don't remember the exact things, but it was something along the lines of, I was it, I got away from negative energy.ve energy. (19:38) Like what was the frame?

Alan Lazaros

(19:39) I don't remember the exact frame.rame. (19:40) It was, I sailed away from toxic people and I got away from negative energy and, and I, the, the, the weight just started slipping off. (19:48) Yeah.(19:49) And Kevin and I afterwards said, brother, what are your thoughts on that? (19:54) Because the truth is she stopped binge drinking and like partying and eating like crap. (19:59) And she started actually exercising and actually hydrating because she, when she was around toxic people, quote unquote, she was partying constantly.(20:06) And alcohol is a ton of calories. (20:08) Like the truth is she just lowered her caloric intake drastically for months. (20:13) Yeah.(20:13) And she was way overweight. (20:15) So like there's that part too. too. (20:17) She was, she was very overweight.(20:18) So it's not hard to lose weight when you're overweight.verweight. (20:20) I didn't have that.that. (20:21) It can be hard to lose weight when you're overweight.ight.(20:23) But the point is, is she had the weight to lose. (20:25) And you and I were, I was a fitness coach at the time. (20:27) So it was very hard for me to say, brother, we're misleading our listeners.ners.

Kevin Palmieri

(20:32) Well, that is the, that is like the biggest reason we don't, I mean, that is the reason we don't have guests on anymore.n anymore. (20:37) Yeah. (20:37) A hundred percent.(20:37) That is, that is the reason we don't want to mislead you. you. (20:40) I'm not interested in doing the rounds.unds. (20:42) I'm not interested in making this late night television where like when somebody is promoting their new book, we have them on, even though we don't believe in what they're talking about. talking about.(20:48) We just let them, anything else you want to talk about before we let you go? (20:51) No. (20:52) Okay.(20:52) Well, make sure you check out this new book, how to lose a guy in 10 days. (20:56) It's live on Amazon.azon. (20:58) It's on all the platforms.orms.(20:59) It's great.reat. (21:00) I've read it myself.self.

Alan Lazaros

(21:02) I've read it myself.self.

Kevin Palmieri

(21:03) I've read it myself.self. (21:04) All right, cool. (21:06) All right.(21:06) If you're looking for some real shit, like some real honest tactics and deeper understanding and some extra accountability, the next level podcast accelerator starts next week.week. (21:18) If you're listening to this and we go into a lot of the stuff behind the scenes that nobody else really talks about, whether it's the overcoming limiting beliefs, working through low self-worth, working through low self-belief, all of that stuff, what it actually takes to make a business authentically and like doing it in alignment.alignment. (21:35) We go into all that stuff behind the scenes.(21:36) So if you're a podcaster who wants to do this for a living in an aligned, fulfilling way, we'll have the link in the show notes below.tes below.

Alan Lazaros

(21:42) If you feel like you're sick and tired of listening to podcasts and not having it actually work and you want a hardcore coach who's going to hold you accountable and help you keep the promises you make to yourself and actually build a real business in the real world and or succeed at the highest level, it's not only business owners.usiness owners. (21:56) If you want to succeed in your career, I can help you with that too. (21:59) Investing the whole nine.(22:00) My coaching, the first session is free. (22:02) Breakthrough session link will be in the show notes, 30 minutes free. (22:05) And I'm coaching 24 people right now and I'm dialing up the hardcore nature of the coaching because that's what I think the right people need.ht people need.(22:13) So if you have high humility, high work ethic and high self-improvement orientation and you're sick and tired of being everyone taking it easy on you, like I'm hard on Kev.rd on Kev. (22:21) That's why Kev is so amazing.zing. (22:24) Seriously, I've been really fucking hard on you. you.(22:26) Like we don't just need to feel good all the time.time. (22:29) We need to get our ass working and focused. (22:33) So if you want that, I'm going to be respectful, but I'm going to get your ass in gear, baby.ear, baby.(22:39) Let's rock and roll.roll. (22:40) Do not do this coaching. (22:42) If this coaching is not for the faint-hearted, this is for someone who wants real results, who takes life very seriously.

Kevin Palmieri

(22:47) Real results in the real world. (22:48) We got to go because Alan has to pee. (22:49) He's been, he's been bopping his leg for the last 15 minutes.5 minutes.(22:52) I can't always tell.tell. (22:52) As always, we love you. (22:53) We appreciate you.(22:54) Grateful for each and every one of you. (22:56) And if you are as committed as you say you are to getting to the next level, make sure you tune in tomorrow because we will be here every single day to help you get there.

Alan Lazaros

(23:02) Keep leveling up to your full potential. (23:04) Next Level Nation.

Kevin Palmieri

(23:06) Thanks for joining us for another episode of Next Level University. (23:10) We love connecting with the Next Level family.

Alan Lazaros

(23:13) We mean it when we say family. (23:15) If you ever need anything, please reach out to us directly. (23:18) Everything you need to get ahold of us is in the show notes.(23:22) Thank you again and we will talk to you tomorrow.