If You’re Not Going To Be Consistent… Don’t Even Start (2311)

Are you inconsistent, or are you starting things you were never willing to sustain?

In this episode, Kevin and Alan confront the real issue behind consistency and long-term growth. Based on years of coaching, lived experience, and thousands of daily episodes, they examine how intention, belief, and identity shape whether habits compound or collapse. This is not about getting fired up. It is about precision. About understanding why serious progress requires commitment before clarity, and why most people stall by treating important goals like temporary experiments.

If you want results that last, this episode will challenge how you decide what deserves your time, energy, and effort. Press play and find out what you are actually committed to.

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Show notes:
(1:16) The real question behind consistency and starting
(4:13) Intention, sustainability, and playing the long game
(8:08) Belief, resourcefulness, and long-term execution
(14:19) Why belief precedes improvement and performance
(17:05) Setting higher targets to avoid underperformance
(21:28) Only starting what you are willing to sustain
(22:59) Outro

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Chapters

• 1:16 The real question behind consistency and starting
• 4:13 Intention, sustainability, and playing the long game
• 8:08 Belief, resourcefulness, and long-term execution
• 14:19 Why belief precedes improvement and performance
• 17:05 Setting higher targets to avoid underperformance
• 21:28 Only starting what you are willing to sustain
• 22:59 Outro

Transcript

Kevin Palmieri

(0:00) Alan and I completely disagree on what we are going to talk about today, and that is actually the reason we wanted to do the episode, because I do think some of our best, most valuable episodes are based on you and I trying to get to the same place of understanding from different perspectives. (0:15) Yeah, the drive to five is taking Kevin's perspective and my perspective and finding the objective truth in the middle.ddle. (0:23) Welcome to Next Level University.(0:26) I'm your host, Kevin Palmieri.ieri. (0:28) And I'm your co-host, Alan Lazarus.arus. (0:31) At NLU, we believe in a heart-driven but no BS approach to holistic self-improvement for dream chasers.(0:37) Our goal with every episode is to help you level up your life, love, health, and wealth. (0:44) 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. (1:00) Self-improvement in your pocket, every day, from anywhere, completely free.(1:06) Welcome to Next Level University. (1:12) Next Level Nation today for episode number 2,311. (1:16) If you're going, sorry, excuse me, if you're not going to be consistent, don't even start.7;t even start.(1:21) That was Alan's thought.ught. (1:23) He said, look, let's do an episode on the fact that a lot of people start and they're not even consistent when they start, so they shouldn't start to begin with. to begin with. (1:34) And I said, well, unfortunately, I think that's how a lot of people become consistent.tent.(1:38) It's not on the first time.time. (1:40) That's a real, okay, that would be my argument against yours, is how many people, the first time they start the fitness journey, that's the time where they just crush it. crush it. (1:49) Or the first time they start their financial, whatever it is, right?(1:51) But you got to start in order to experience what the arena is in order to actually know what it takes to be consistent. (1:58) That's my argument.ment.

Alan Lazaros

(1:59) Okay.

Kevin Palmieri

(2:01) So my focus in this episode is if you don't intend on being consistent, you shouldn't even start.ven start. (2:10) Well, that's different.rent. (2:11) It is.(2:12) You snuck that in there as when we got to the episode, you had that queued up the whole time? (2:17) Yes. (2:17) Son of a bitch.(2:19) You know it. (2:20) So whenever you start something, you should intend on trying to sustain it. (2:25) It doesn't mean you're going to, no one's perfect.#x27;s perfect.(2:28) Every one of us has started something and then failed at doing it every day. (2:32) I do like the never miss twice thing. (2:34) I have a little cute example.(2:38) Emilia, whenever she goes somewhere, I always greet her at the door when she comes home with all the pets. (2:47) And I've done that every time since we started living together, which is years.ears. (2:53) I missed yesterday.

Alan Lazaros

(2:54) Oh no.

Kevin Palmieri

(2:55) I was in, I was focused. (2:57) I was up in the office. (2:58) I didn't hear the garage door open and Tucker didn't bark.27;t bark.(3:03) And I'm like, oh shit.shit. (3:05) It's a little past her ETA. ETA. (3:07) I walk out there and I see her and I'm like, oh no, I missed it.d it.(3:10) Yeah, she was sad. (3:12) But again, it's not, she wasn't super sad.super sad. (3:14) It wasn't that big a deal.deal.(3:15) But at the end of the day, I like doing that. (3:18) I like welcoming her with the whole family. (3:22) But the point I'm making is everyone, everyone, everyone misses certain things at certain times.imes.(3:30) Everyone. (3:32) But when you start something, you shouldn't, I don't think you should go into it.o into it. (3:36) I think a relationship is a good metaphor for this.(3:38) When I would date, I went into it, not knowing that it was going to be my future wife, but I went into it not knowing for sure it wouldn't be.t be. (3:47) Like some of the relationships that I stayed in too long, it's because I was unsure.sure. (3:52) I was like, could this be, maybe, maybe not.(3:55) And I definitely stayed on the fence for too long, for sure. (3:58) Several times. (3:59) But when I first met Emilia, I thought to myself, yeah, absolutely.(4:03) I could see it. (4:04) Like, that's what I want to do.o do. (4:05) I want to make this.(4:07) You can't guarantee that it's going to be forever, but you should go in with the mindset of sustainability.inability. (4:13) For sure. (4:13) Play the long game.(4:14) You gotta play the long game. (4:15) I agree, but I don't know if, I mean, what's the difference between intending on it?ing on it? (4:22) Having intention and intending on it, that's drastically different than saying, I'm going to dip my toe in and see.n and see.(4:32) Like, I'm going to get more info.info. (4:33) I'm just going to gather information.tion. (4:36) You know what I mean?(4:38) Yeah, I think that's actually, I think when it comes to goals, you should intend on getting the goal.goal. (4:44) I think when it comes to people, you should not do that. (4:48) You know how people say detach from outcome?(4:49) I think that's really unintelligent with goals.oals. (4:53) Same. (4:55) I think it's really intelligent with people.ople.(4:57) You've got to detach from the how, because the how will change, but if you're going to find a way, you're going to find a way. to find a way. (5:04) So, what's an example of this?this? (5:05) Having a successful podcast.(5:07) Kind of an unclear goal. (5:09) It's specific, but also not measurable.able. (5:14) We intended to have a successful podcast together.(5:18) I think I would have liked to when I started. (5:21) I don't know if I intended on it.n it. (5:22) I think I was like, that would be cool.(5:25) Yeah, I'm sorry.orry. (5:27) It's okay.okay. (5:27) I'm probably coming off like a dick right now. now.(5:29) No, no, you're good.good. (5:32) You didn't say that.that. (5:35) I'd never, I didn't even know what the word intended meant.ded meant.(5:38) You think I said I intend on? (5:39) I fucking didn't.27;t. (5:39) You said you wanted to be like Joe Rogan.(5:41) Rogan said I wanted to. (5:42) Yes, I also want to be six foot five. (5:44) I want to be Jack Reacher.(5:46) I want to be six foot five, just Jack. (5:47) You ever seen him? (5:48) Yeah, for sure.(5:49) Hey, it's natural, he says.says. (5:51) Yeah, my ass.

Alan Lazaros

(5:52) I don't think so.k so.

Kevin Palmieri

(5:53) No offense, good sir. (5:55) Yeah, but I'd like to be six five.five. (5:57) That'd be cool.cool.(5:59) I don't intend on it.n it. (6:01) That's because that's impossible for you.e for you. (6:03) I could go to, I could get some surgeries, get a couple inches for sure.(6:05) No, a couple inches.

Alan Lazaros

(6:07) You can't be six five.five.

Kevin Palmieri

(6:08) You can't get a foot without some surgery, I don't know about.now about. (6:11) I'm just telling you that I think when a lot of people, well, of course, but when a lot of people start, it's not, it's very hard to say you intend on something when you don't know what that something actually takes.hing actually takes. (6:26) Okay.(6:26) And I know you can be resourceful and all that, but in the beginning, I think it's really hard to understand that.that. (6:30) This is good. (6:31) This is exactly what we're supposed to do.o do.(6:32) This is great. (6:34) Extreme example. (6:37) Michael Phelps is 13 years old.(6:39) I know. (6:40) Extreme example. (6:41) 13 years old.(6:43) He's a swimmer.mmer. (6:46) He intended on winning more Olympic gold medals than anyone in history when he was 13. (6:56) 2008, I don't know, 2008 Olympics, maybe?aybe?(7:01) I think it was 2008. (7:03) He won like eight gold medals or something. (7:07) I know he has 27 medals, 23 gold or something.(7:10) I don't know the exact stats.tats. (7:11) Look it up. (7:12) Everyone can look it up.(7:13) Most medals in Olympic history, for sure. (7:17) That I'm certain of.n of. (7:18) Okay.(7:18) Okay. (7:19) My point is you're not going to stumble upon that.that. (7:22) It's impossible to stumble upon that.that.(7:25) Don't we know somebody that accidentally got in the NFL? NFL? (7:28) Yes. (7:28) I coached him for a moment.(7:31) That right there is, I know. (7:34) You're not going to be Michael Phelps.elps. (7:37) That's my point.oint.(7:39) Can you imagine if he intended on it? (7:42) Yeah, but I'm just saying he got there without the intention.tion. (7:45) Which is possible, but doesn't mean that's what we should advise.ld advise.(7:48) No, no. (7:49) I know. (7:49) I'm just saying.ying.(7:50) I think a lot more people do that than you realize. (7:52) Definitely. (7:53) 100%.(7:53) I don't know their percentage, but I have to imagine there's a ton of people that are like, yeah, we just started out making music and it fucking worked.ng worked. (8:02) Yeah. (8:03) Honestly.(8:05) Honestly. (8:06) I think that that freaks me out a little. (8:08) Because imagine what you could do if you put intentionality.(8:13) Yeah. (8:14) I just feel like, I don't know.know. (8:15) Dude, that's, it's so, this is like my UNO card every time.very time.(8:19) I think that's so connected to belief.lief. (8:22) Resourcefulness and intentionality, I think is connected to your belief in figuring it out. (8:28) We had a conversation earlier and we were talking about whether or not somebody would be very successful in the future.(8:33) And I said, or whether they'd still do their thing in the future.ture. (8:36) And I said, my thought process for a lot of people is they'll say yes, as long as it's successful.uccessful. (8:42) But by definition, it's like, yeah.yeah.(8:45) Oh, you are. (8:45) Is that the person you're going to be with forever?ever? (8:47) Well, yeah.(8:47) As long as, as long as we're, you know, we're a really good couple.od couple. (8:50) Well, the only way you're going to be a really good couple is if you plan on being together forever, because you're going to put in the work or you're just not going to be with that person.th that person. (8:57) I think that's a bad example because it's not in your control completely.ompletely.(9:00) It's in your influence.ence.

Alan Lazaros

(9:00) That's the relationship.ship.

Kevin Palmieri

(9:01) Yeah, yeah. (9:02) It's in your influence.ence. (9:03) Yeah, yeah.(9:03) But yeah, it's fair.fair. (9:04) I think it's scary to use an example, because we said detach from outcome.come. (9:09) I think attaching to outcome, like there's a big difference between, hey, I want a magnificent wife or husband versus I want, I need you to be that person.rson.(9:16) Fair, fair, fair. (9:17) Because that, then you have to mold them into what you want. (9:19) And that's a whole thing.hing.(9:21) But when it comes to goals, like getting in the NFL, this person that we're referring to, his favorite sport was basketball.ball. (9:31) And when I was coaching him, I found out that he like kind of stumbled upon the NFL and he played, which one was Eli Manning quarterback? (9:42) Giants, New York Giants.(9:43) Giants. (9:43) Okay. (9:43) So he played with Eli Manning at some point.(9:46) I know that. (9:47) And I asked him what Eli was like. (9:49) And he said he was very different.(9:52) And I now realize transcoding this or translating this, he was very focused. (9:57) Eli was very focused, right? (9:59) And this person who was in the NFL played with Eli.(10:03) And I said, so you didn't like intend on being in the NFL? NFL? (10:08) And he was like, no, I was really good at football. (10:11) I was like the best in the Northeast.(10:12) And then I was the best in the entire East Coast. (10:15) And I liked basketball. (10:18) I was like, brother, can you imagine if you optimized for football?(10:24) You stumbled upon being the best on the East Coast? (10:29) If you were optimizing for that, you would have not only been in the NFL, you might've been a hall of famer.amer. (10:36) He's like, I know.know.(10:37) And he's a good dude.dude. (10:39) Big fan of this as a person. (10:40) Emilia coached him for a while.(10:42) She used to tutor a bunch of people in the NBA and NHL actually back at Providence College. (10:48) They were in Providence College at the time, PC. (10:51) And then they went on, she was a tutor there.(10:54) And there's a few NBA players actually that we were, she's like, yeah, I know.h, I know. (10:57) I tutored him. (10:59) It's wild.wild.(11:00) Yeah. (11:00) I was like, you know, you never talk about anything awesome that you do. (11:06) She does awesome shit.(11:07) She went to one of the best colleges on planet earth. (11:10) She had a 3.94 GPA. (11:12) I know her GPA and shouted out more than she does.(11:14) And she was a tutor to some of the best athletes on planet earth on, on the planet. (11:18) Right. (11:20) And to the point where like NCAA contracts and all kinds of stuff where she like had to, she wasn't really allowed to help them in certain ways because they have to have sports scholarships that they have to get through school on their own quote unquote.uote.(11:33) So anyways, it was really cool stuff. (11:35) But anyways, so one of, one of the reasons why I was coaching this person is a friend of a friend introduced us. (11:42) She coached him for a while.(11:43) And then I coached him later. (11:44) And I, I actually think I overwhelmed him. (11:49) I showed him my tracker and your tracker.(11:52) And I think he got freaked out and he kept saying like, I'm not ready.eady. (11:55) I'm not ready.eady. (11:55) I'm going to, I'm getting ready.ing ready.(11:56) I'm not ready.eady. (11:57) I'm getting ready.eady. (11:58) And Amelia and I talked about it.(11:59) She's like, yeah, you freaked him out. out. (12:01) He doesn't believe in himself that much.much. (12:03) And we'll keep this all anonymous of course, but it's like, can you imagine if he did?if he did?(12:08) What a talent, right? (12:10) Well, that's the, that's the thing.the thing. (12:13) Crap.(12:13) You can build it. (12:14) You can build belief, baby. (12:16) You can build it.(12:16) It's hard at that.that. (12:17) I mean, when you're at that level though, it's hard to go all the way back to the beginning to build it. build it. (12:24) When you have that much of like a reputation or a expectation, yeah.(12:29) You know? (12:31) Yeah. (12:31) That's like a different game.game.(12:33) It's like, well, you're not going to the supermarket and make an eye contact with someone to build confidence.onfidence. (12:37) You're playing at some of the best athletes that have graced this planet.anet. (12:42) Like that's a different, that's a different level.ent level.(12:45) Same principle though. (12:46) Same principle, but you can put your principle in your pipe and smoke it because for this example, it ain't the same.same. (12:52) Picking it to you.(12:53) I know we got to get out of here. (12:55) You were an all-star baseball player and you never intended on doing that. (13:01) You never decided I'm going to play baseball and I'm going to be the best. the best.(13:04) You never decided that. (13:05) I was far better at soccer than I was baseball. (13:07) My mom made me play.(13:08) Didn't want to play.play. (13:09) I was way better at soccer than I was at baseball. (13:14) Didn't want to play.play.(13:15) And then when I started playing, I liked it more, but no, never intended on it. (13:19) I was just naturally, again, this is probably, I've had a lot of like delusional athletic beliefs lately.tely. (13:25) For some reason I'm going through maybe 36 is the year, but like I'll see, I'll see something on TV.omething on TV.(13:32) I see stuff on TV sometimes and I was like, I could fucking do that. (13:36) And then I look at myself and I'm like, Kev, you fucking, there's no way you could possibly do that.y do that. (13:40) Not right now.(13:41) You're not just going to, but there's a piece of me.ece of me. (13:43) I think if you threw me on a field, I can make, I could impress a lot of people. (13:46) I don't know.know.(13:46) But I also thought I could knock over all the milk jugs. (13:50) I think I was playing with all the little kids at Next Level Hope Foundation going to our heads. (13:53) I still got it.(13:54) I've been winning horse at year over year, baby.baby. (13:57) It's like they're seven years old now.s old now. (13:59) I didn't believe I could.ould.(14:01) I didn't believe I could do it.o it. (14:04) Okay. (14:06) If you dialed it in and decided, because when I started playing Halo and I went some, I decided to be one of the best players on earth.(14:13) I went to bungie.net every night and checked my score. (14:16) But you believed you could. (14:17) Definitely.(14:17) A hundred percent. (14:18) Yeah. (14:18) Yeah.(14:19) Without that, what would you have done? (14:21) I guess I would've set that goal.goal. (14:23) Yeah.(14:23) You would've just played.ayed. (14:26) Where did the belief come from? (14:28) We've been psychoanalyzing you for years.ears.(14:30) I have no idea. (14:31) I feel like I could do it. (14:33) I felt like I could do it.(14:34) I was like, yeah, I could do this for sure. (14:36) You know what it is too? (14:39) Who like, I'm going to work harder than everyone else.else.(14:41) I'm going to be smarter than everyone else.else. (14:42) I'm going to be more strategic than everyone else.else. (14:43) Like why, why is someone else better than you?(14:45) I don't get it.t it. (14:46) Like I'm actually asking because you don't know what they did to get there.get there. (14:50) And you assume it's way beyond what your capabilities are. are.(14:56) In video games that never made, like with basketball, I definitely was like, okay, I'm not going to be in the NBA. NBA. (15:02) I'm not as gifted.fted. (15:03) I'm not, I'm kind of tall and lanky.and lanky.(15:06) I'm only six two. two. (15:07) Like I knew my limitations. (15:09) I knew there was a ceiling.(15:10) So I wasn't going to try to go to the NBA. NBA. (15:12) Now, is it possible if I dedicated my entire existence to it, that maybe I was a bench player or something like, yeah, but dude, I'm not going to go all in on something that statistically isn't going to happen because I don't have the, but how do you, that's the thing is like, statistically, I don't think most people know.t think most people know. (15:29) That's fair.fair.(15:30) How do you know a lot when I was a kid? (15:32) Like I could tell, I was always better. (15:35) Well, okay, let's do this.this.(15:36) I was, I played video games my whole childhood and I was always better than the majority of people at video games. (15:42) Like, and it wasn't just one game.game. (15:44) It was like, I remember thinking like, why do you guys suck at this so much?(15:47) Like I would play with Mark and Kiki and I remember they would never even kill me. (15:52) It would be like, we'd play all night and I used to purposely let them kill me so they would keep playing.ying. (15:57) I had to like sandbag, it wasn't fun for them.them.(16:01) Yeah. (16:02) Yeah. (16:02) Well that's, that's called sandbagging.ndbagging.(16:05) Yeah. (16:05) It's like, um, you can do it for sure.sure. (16:08) Like hustle, you hustle them, but not in, not in a, in a good way.(16:12) Kind of. (16:12) It's not like you were betting money on it.n it. (16:13) Yeah.(16:14) I don't know.know. (16:15) I've always believed in my ability to get better at things.ings. (16:17) I think everyone has that ability and yeah, you have some genetic limitations depending on the sport, right?(16:23) It depends, but there's very little, like, let's talk, let's talk a little bit about what you can do.hat you can do. (16:31) Everyone out there watching or listening can make more money. (16:34) Mm-hmm.(16:34) You can be in better shape. (16:37) Learn more. (16:37) You can get smarter.(16:39) Yep. (16:39) You can probably start a podcast. (16:42) Yeah.(16:42) You can get to the next level for sure. (16:45) The problem with this conundrum is if you don't shoot for a high level, you might not even get to the other ones.ones. (16:52) That's the whole, that, that is the weird wonky thing about success is like that if there is any relevance to shoot for the moon and if you miss you're amongst the stars, that is it.hat is it.

Alan Lazaros

(17:04) Yeah.

Kevin Palmieri

(17:05) You're most likely not going to actually get 100% of what you want.want. (17:08) So if you set 100% of a very, very, it's like, I would like to make $100,000.,000. (17:14) That's my goal.goal.(17:15) It's like, okay, well, if you only get to 60% of the goal, you're going to make $60,000.e $60,000. (17:19) If you said you want to make $500,000 and you got to 60% of that, you'd be at what?what? (17:25) $300,000.(17:26) So like almost 60% of that is way better than, but you have to have a certain level of self-belief to say you want to make $500,000. (17:34) So the whole thing's all Jeffed man. man. (17:38) Yeah.(17:38) And you have to know what the normal is. (17:42) Yeah. (17:43) Yeah.(17:44) I do get it more than I used to. (17:47) I get it. (17:48) It's I, uh, I told my mom yesterday she was over.over.(17:52) We had brunch and she's like, how was business?ness? (17:55) And she saw like a big smile. (17:58) So I like that smile.(17:59) And I told her how we did. (18:02) And I realized you don't know what that means.eans. (18:04) Yeah.(18:05) You have no idea what that even means. (18:06) There's numbers.bers. (18:07) They're just numbers.bers.(18:08) Yeah. (18:08) So what do you shoot for then? (18:14) Because I think, I don't know.know.(18:16) That's I'm telling you, we've been talking about goals and self-belief so long that like I'm on the opposite end of, I completely understand why people don't set goals.ple don't set goals. (18:26) I don't at all. all. (18:27) I'm not saying I support it.t it.(18:29) Yeah. (18:29) I think everybody should. (18:30) My life's so much better because I have goals.oals.(18:31) My life would not be where I am if I didn't have goals.oals. (18:33) Where did you shot a dart and landed on $2 million net worth when you were 26? (18:38) Yeah.(18:39) But I didn't believe I could get it.t it. (18:40) I don't think.hink. (18:41) Okay.(18:42) Do you know where that is statistically in America? (18:45) $2 million net worth in America is probably top 20% top. (18:49) I didn't at the time.time.(18:50) You should look, look that up probably. (18:53) Before you set the goal, everyone should look up. (18:56) I'm sure I heard somewhere that you should make a vision board.oard.(18:59) And I was like, fuck yeah, I take action quick. (19:02) Let me get this cork board with these, this white line paper. (19:06) And I'm going to have myself a vision board by the end of the day. day.(19:08) And I don't remember, I don't even remember what the other ones were.ones were. (19:11) And then you figure it out as you go. (19:13) That's it.s it.(19:13) And then you realize, oh, I shot too low or I shot too high. (19:17) And then you readjust, readjust, readjust. (19:19) I didn't intend on it.n it.(19:20) I didn't intend on having a net worth of $2 million.lion. (19:22) I didn't, you can't, I find it very hard to believe that you can intend on something that you don't understand.7;t understand. (19:26) Now again, you can be resourceful and you can pivot and learn and all that, but it's delusion if you intend on accomplishing something that you don't know how to.ow how to.(19:36) Last piece, how do you know that you didn't partner with me on some level knowing that that would get you to the goal?goal? (19:41) Because the idea here is that once you set a goal consciously, your subconscious and unconscious mind are supposed to go to work to help you figure out how to get it. (19:50) I don't know that.that.(19:52) I don't.27;t. (19:53) Because I wish I met like a rapper or something. (19:57) I wish like a rapper or like something, you know, like something with more street cred.(20:01) The other thing I realized too, is I don't think anyone even knows how much rappers make.make. (20:05) No, probably not. (20:06) Like what's the statistical sample set of the, I mean, the majority of rappers make no money.oney.(20:11) I'm sure they make very little, right?ight? (20:13) Just like anything. (20:14) Yeah.(20:14) Yeah. (20:15) I mean, it's more extreme in that, in that it's not like, you know, if you look at accountants, it's like anything with a really high ceiling usually has a really devastating bottom.stating bottom. (20:25) Meaning if you can make 20 million a year, you're probably the statistical sample set means most people are making like zero a year.year.(20:33) Whereas an accountant, I'm sure it's like, the low end would be like 30K. like 30K. (20:36) And in the US statistics, 30K, the high end would be like 300 or whatever. (20:41) Right.(20:41) Yeah. (20:42) I don't know.know. (20:43) I, I just think that for a lot of us, you just got to start and you just got to see what happens.(20:51) You think when Amy started her fitness journey, she knew she was going to be this far in. (20:55) There's no way she'd, she'd say that.x27;d say that. (20:58) But Amy reached out to us.(21:00) Yeah. (21:00) I said, you could exercise consistently for a year. (21:04) And she was like, no chance.(21:05) And I said, and then we set it up. (21:07) I think she might've gone into it.o it. (21:08) Okay.(21:08) She didn't go into it thinking she'd do a whole year, but she definitely went into it thinking she might sustain it.ustain it. (21:13) Might or intend. (21:14) Cause those are two different things.(21:15) I hope intend. (21:17) Well, we'll, we'll get the answer from Amy because she'll, I mean, Amy's an open book, so she'll definitely tell us.27;ll definitely tell us. (21:22) But I think that's the thing is I don't, maybe you just start to the level that you intend on.intend on.

Alan Lazaros

(21:28) I don't know.know.

Kevin Palmieri

(21:28) I don't know if it works out without intending to do them forever.ever. (21:34) I don't know.know. (21:35) What do I, what have I started recently?(21:39) Like, I didn't start reading books to stop reading books, you know?know? (21:43) No, no, but I didn't start reading books cause I wanted to.d to. (21:48) I was, I, there was very little awareness when I started bodybuilding.(21:53) She was like, I want to go to the gym and get jacked. (21:56) I'm 16.m 16. (21:57) This is what you do.(21:58) There was not a lot of conscious. (22:00) I'm going to do this forever.ever. (22:01) Okay.(22:01) Well, that's the last thing I would say to our listeners.ners. (22:04) Don't.27;t. (22:05) Okay.(22:06) This is my recommendation. (22:07) You do you, it's your life.life. (22:08) I no longer start something unless I know it will play a pivotal role in my life.(22:14) Like, that's why I didn't want to play call of duty with you because I don't want to get passionate about something that isn't going to be a longterm investment.longterm investment. (22:21) I make only longterm investments. (22:23) I decided when I turned 30 that I got to stop making short term investments like forever.(22:29) That's another episode.sode. (22:29) We can do that at some point for sure. (22:30) Like, how do you know?(22:31) How do you know what's worth investing in longterm or not? not? (22:34) We'll do that.that. (22:34) All right.(22:35) If you're looking for coaching and you're looking for a longterm coach, you're looking for somebody who can really help you get to the next level.the next level. (22:40) Allen has a ton of really valuable and accurate testimonials. (22:43) We got one of the next level fitness accountability group today.(22:45) Shout out to the person in there that that left that. (22:48) So we will have Allen's link below and next level nation is always open for you. you. (22:51) If you're a good human who's trying to get better and get to the next level free Facebook group, we do a lot of stuff for free because we want to be there for you and support you as much as we can.as we can.(22:59) As always, we love you. (23:00) We appreciate you. (23:01) Grateful for each and every one of you.(23:02) 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 freaking day to help you get there. (23:09) Keep leveling up to reach your full potential. (23:12) Next level nation.(23:13) Thanks for joining us for another episode of next level university. (23:17) We love connecting with the next level family. (23:20) We mean it when we say family.(23:22) If you ever need anything, please reach out to us directly. (23:25) Everything you need to get a hold of us is in the show notes. (23:29) Thank you again.(23:30) And we will talk to you tomorrow.