Everything Compounds… (2342)

In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros break down why most people underestimate the power of small daily choices and how invisible habits quietly shape success, health, and long-term performance. They reveal how discipline compounds, why coasting after progress is dangerous, and what it really takes to build momentum that lasts.

This conversation challenges short-term thinking and exposes the hidden cost of inconsistency, comfort, and delayed action. If you are serious about personal growth, mental resilience, and sustainable achievement, this episode will sharpen your standards and reset how you approach your daily life.

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Show notes:
(3:13) The real cost of weekend and lifestyle choices
(7:28) Why coasting after success is dangerous
(11:28) What long-term consistency actually looks like
(18:36) How fitness improves every area of life
(19:32) The power of 0.1% daily improvement
(24:31) Results delay and habit consequences
(26:09) Why bad habits become hard to change
(28:37) Outro

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Chapters

• 3:13 The real cost of weekend and lifestyle choices
• 7:28 Why coasting after success is dangerous
• 11:28 What long-term consistency actually looks like
• 18:36 How fitness improves every area of life
• 19:32 The power of 0.1% daily improvement
• 24:31 Results delay and habit consequences
• 26:09 Why bad habits become hard to change
• 28:37 Outro

Transcript

Kevin Palmieri

(0:00) I think one of the reasons it's so hard and so challenging to stop going in a negative cycle (0:06) is it doesn't feel like you're actually going in a negative cycle and then you have to commit to (0:10) turning everything around and going in a positive cycle and it doesn't feel like anything's working (0:14) so when it's going wrong it doesn't feel like it's going wrong when it's going right it doesn't feel (0:18) like it's going right unfortunately.

Alan Lazaros

(0:20) Yeah when you're neglecting things in the moment it's invisible and when you're investing in things in the moment it's also invisible. (0:28) Welcome to Next Level University.

Kevin Palmieri

(0:31) I'm your host Kevin Palmieri and I'm your co-host Alan Lazarus. (0:36) At NLU we believe in a heart-driven but no BS approach to holistic self-improvement for dream chasers.

Alan Lazaros

(0:43) Our goal with every episode is to help you level up your life, love, health, and wealth.

Kevin Palmieri

(0:49) 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

(1:05) Self-improvement in your pocket every day from anywhere completely free.

Kevin Palmieri

(1:11) Welcome to Next Level University. (1:17) Next Level Nation today for episode number 2,342. (1:21) Simple yet probably complex.(1:23) Everything compounds. (1:24) I want to start with a question. (1:25) Out of the books that you have read what is the average number of pages in said books?(1:31) Give me an average. (1:36) It is not a trick question. (1:38) It is just a question.

Alan Lazaros

(1:40) Yeah but I never thought about it. (1:41) I read a lot of books that aren't that long. (1:44) Really?(1:44) Probably like 220 pages maybe. (1:47) Probably not even. (1:47) That's gonna Jeff my man.(1:48) But there's a couple humdingers in there that are huge. (1:50) I believe it. (1:51) Let's just say it's 300.(1:53) Let's say 300. (1:54) Okay.

Kevin Palmieri

(1:54) Let's say you read 10 pages a day. (1:58) Just 10 pages. (2:00) Nothing crazy.(2:01) 10 pages. (2:01) It might take you 20 minutes let's say. (2:04) Right?(2:04) Let's say it's 20 minutes. (2:05) You read 10 pages a day times 365 days. (2:08) That's 3,650.(2:12) By the example we use that is what? (2:16) 10 books? (2:17) You're literally reading a book.(2:19) 12 books right? (2:22) Yes but like rounding error. (2:25) 12 books.(2:25) Okay you're reading a book every single month. (2:29) You're literally reading a book every single month. (2:33) Yeah it'd be 12 books.(2:34) How many people do you know personally whether you're watching this or listening to this that reads a book every single month? (2:42) Almost well yes yeah but like that's a that's a probably a pretty rare thing. (2:47) I don't know what the statistic is but there's a vast majority of people especially in the U.S. who after high school slash college never read a book again.

Alan Lazaros

(2:54) Yeah. (2:55) Pretty sure it's the majority and even fewer so the people that do read the majority of them are fiction books. (3:00) Okay let's do this.(3:01) So if you're reading a personal development book and you're doing that every day. (3:05) Let's do this. (3:05) And you read 12 a year you're in the one percent probably yeah.

Kevin Palmieri

(3:09) Okay let's do this. (3:10) Let's do this. (3:11) We'll do this.(3:13) All right if you drink a six pack of beer. (3:19) Natty Ice you drink a six pack of beer. (3:22) Every weekend for the year 312 beers have been drunken.(3:27) That's a lot of beer. (3:29) Yeah you want to track the cows on that?

Alan Lazaros

(3:31) That's that's 1130 racks almost. (3:33) That's 1030 racks. (3:35) All right let's track the cows.(3:36) What were you thinking 100 per per beer? (3:38) 120. (3:39) 120 yeah.(3:40) 120 times how many beers? (3:42) 312. (3:45) Divided by 3500.(3:47) You have gained 10.6 pounds. (3:49) Just beer. (3:50) 10.7 pounds.

Kevin Palmieri

(3:51) And then let's let's factor in you're ripping. (3:54) You got a beer gut now. (3:54) You're ripping a six pack every weekend you're you're eating I mean you're not probably not eating salads you know what I mean you're probably nobody drinks beer and eats salads that's not the point.(4:03) The point is to drink beer and eat pizza. (4:05) Yeah I know when you drink alcohol you usually you got to go to mcdanks or whatever. (4:09) Of course now you can get a door dashed.(4:11) Be responsible. (4:12) People back in the day were fucking reckless. (4:14) Alan sent me Alan sent me a Alan loves to send me uh Instagram reels from the past like from from history and there was an uproar in the 80s when people weren't allowed to drink and drive anymore.(4:26) Like brother I knew you'd love that. (4:27) I've seen that.

Alan Lazaros

(4:28) I knew you would think that was the funniest shit. (4:31) So wild. (4:33) It is.(4:33) 1980 was 46 years.

Kevin Palmieri

(4:35) Also seatbelt when did seatbelts come up? (4:38) I think that. (4:38) Yeah like people were like I'm not gonna do this.(4:42) No I will not wear a seatbelt. (4:44) It's like well you're gonna get catapulted through the front of your car and this will this could stop that for you. (4:49) Nope yeah I'm out I'm not gonna do it.

Alan Lazaros

(4:52) I know people that still won't.

Kevin Palmieri

(4:53) Yeah.

Alan Lazaros

(4:54) So 46 years can change a lot but back to this is the reason I send you those is because I like to help you zoom out.

Kevin Palmieri

(5:04) Yeah what you're talking about tomorrow we're talking about zooming out tomorrow.

Alan Lazaros

(5:08) Yes we're business partners and I need to make sure that you understand where we are in the grand scheme of things. (5:15) You can't change the world if you don't know the past the present and the potential future. (5:21) And uh one of the guys was like yeah you work a 12-hour day I don't understand why you can't have a couple a couple rotors a couple beers on the ride home.(5:31) And uh Kev you would probably die. (5:33) I was dying. (5:34) And they're like yeah they expect you to what uh drink in your own car?(5:39) Yes 100% that is what they expect of you. (5:41) Yeah that's the new law. (5:43) It's a law.(5:44) Well that's and dude think about this real quick real quick no bullshit my mom smoked cigarettes on a plane. (5:54) Blows my mind. (5:56) On a plane.

Kevin Palmieri

(5:57) Blows my mind. (5:58) Imagine people ripping darts on a plane. (6:02) I don't know if I could think of I mean yes there's many worse experiences but imagine sitting next to somebody just where they're like smoking there's no such thing as a smoking session a section it's all the same air.(6:13) What are we doing here? (6:15) Terrible. (6:15) In a little plane.(6:17) Terrible. (6:17) Just everybody lighting up on a plane. (6:20) Terrible idea.(6:20) Okay why did you want to do this episode because this was obviously anytime we talked about compounding or accumulation you can assume I didn't bring it. (6:28) Why did you want to do it? (6:29) Uh everything compounds dot dot dot.(6:34) I like to create a little curiosity there you know.

Alan Lazaros

(6:37) Nice. (6:38) All right so I was doing the numbers earlier. (6:41) Okay 46 years ago people were drinking and driving regularly thinking nothing of it.(6:50) Based on that video. (6:52) Yes. (6:52) Okay what else was regular back then?(6:56) Dude even when you think about some of the medical things they used to do in history it's put leeches on your skin. (7:04) Remember when I used to say this? (7:05) I used to say where are we still ignorant?(7:07) Where are we still putting leeches on our skin to cure illness? (7:10) Where do we still think the world is flat? (7:12) All that stuff.(7:12) Apparently there's still people who think that. (7:14) There's definitely a community. (7:15) They're called flat earthers.(7:16) They need to read some science books. (7:18) But anyways um the compound effect is everything the last episode we did was on coasting and how I have a client right now. (7:30) I know you're listening.(7:30) I appreciate you brother. (7:32) I know we already talked about it. (7:34) Here we go.(7:35) I was like brother you've achieved your dreams. (7:38) You got the dream place on the ocean. (7:42) You got the dream girl.(7:43) You got the dream job. (7:45) You're crushing it. (7:46) Don't fucking slow down.(7:49) I'm telling you. (7:50) I'm 37 years old. (7:52) You're only 26.(7:53) Don't step off the gas at all. (7:57) Just keep it going. (7:59) Just keep it going.(8:00) This is the beginning of the beginning of the beginning of the beginning of what's possible for you. (8:04) I'm telling you we've done it. (8:06) We've succeeded and slowed down a bit.(8:08) We got cocky. (8:09) It was dumb. (8:10) Stay humble.(8:11) When you're winning stay humble. (8:13) When you're losing stay optimistic. (8:15) Stay hopeful.(8:15) Stay stay in it. (8:18) And so my point is is everything accumulates. (8:20) You got to get off coast mode.(8:21) If you neglect your health you will wake up one day and go what the hell happened. (8:28) How did I get so fat? (8:29) How did I get bankrupt?(8:31) Or how did I lose? (8:32) So how did I get divorced? (8:34) How did I all these things?(8:39) They sneak up on you if you're not careful.

Kevin Palmieri

(8:40) Are you noticing it's harder? (8:42) So 10 pound in 10 week challenge. (8:44) I don't know how dialed in you are for lack of better phrasing but are you are you well we'll we'll see with your answer.(8:49) No I don't think it's harder for me

Alan Lazaros

(8:51) have you like started at all or yeah uh but I told you man I gained a lot so this isn't gonna be that (9:01) hard for me I don't think but again see now I'm now I'm probably cocky and then at the tail end (9:06) I'm gonna be screwed so yeah I gotta stay humble with it I'm only a pound down and we're 16 17

Kevin Palmieri

(9:11) percent in I some I don't know it's harder for you no no I mean I'm extremely hungry I went from (9:18) being like full all the times and now I am unbelievably hungry all day every day it's (9:25) terrible well you also are moving a lot so you're probably not right I mean not today today I didn't (9:30) do anything in terms of moving I mean I went and lifted and everything but I didn't do any moving (9:33) around the house or anything so I don't know but it's it hasn't gotten hard for me yet no but I'm (9:39) also not dieting like crazy you know I started at 189 I got on the scale today I think it was 182 (9:46) I don't know what happened I don't know what happened I'm gonna be there I've lost one pound (9:52) Kev's lost 15 pounds in three weeks three days yeah so that's what I'm going for 10 pounds in (9:57) three weeks I don't know I don't know what's happening you okay maybe he's I think about (10:03) hydrating no I'm if anything I'm maybe too hydrated I wake up I gotta pee at night I think it's (10:07) because to your point I weighed in after I had like really big meals and I was just holding a (10:12) ton of water so if anything it probably will be easy but I mean I'm just noticing in

Alan Lazaros

(10:19) I don't know maybe fitness more than anything do you notice I feel leaner yeah it's nothing (10:25) drastic but I can feel it yeah for sure my abs are a little bit more there yeah like I can tell

Kevin Palmieri

(10:30) I can tell mobility is easier but when you but when you look back maybe that's the best example (10:35) when I look back at me when I was like 27 I didn't try that hard I don't think I mean I don't (10:42) know I was super consistent with fitness and yeah but it was I wasn't like losing sleep over yeah (10:48) like oh I didn't get my cardio in today I'm in trouble it wasn't that it was just like I was (10:52) just jacked now that's that's two things one that's the accumulation of being young and lifting (11:00) since I was 16 that was that and then I don't know like how much how many other priorities (11:08) that I really have in my mid-20s like real none real other right so you had work and fitness (11:15) I think that was that's a big piece of it too and then that's it now when we look back (11:20) from I don't know when we started this let's just say 30 to 36 it's just different

Alan Lazaros

(11:28) yeah it's just different I I think the reason why I can't relate as much right now although I can (11:36) March 1st coming coming up in what 16 days or something I don't know whenever March 1st is (11:43) is gonna be four years of exercise in a row for you Amelia and I (11:50) I'm feeling that I feel really good dude like my performance in the gym I'm I'm doing chin-ups (11:57) and hammer I I'm doing weighted chin-ups I'm doing weighted dips again I feel like the compound (12:02) effect for me now one thing I will say is I only lost a pound so in every cut you reach a point (12:11) where you start to you stop gaining strength I haven't reached the point where I'm losing (12:16) strength but I stopped gaining today I was doing a pull day and I was like oh that's right yeah (12:22) I am in it goes away got it yeah it it was like okay I almost just I almost just injured myself (12:28) I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna keep it there and it was a moment of oh yeah that's right I'm cut

Kevin Palmieri

(12:33) mine hangs for a while I'm blessed in that but like I I won't notice anything for it's usually (12:38) like a month like today it's same same strength if anything I might be like a little bit stronger (12:44) because I'm I'm in like the mindset of bodybuilding question for you though to get us back on the (12:48) topic there was a running joke we had for a while where it was like dude I know you're exercising (12:55) every day but like I don't think almost anything has happened now that was our joke in the beginning (13:01) how long did it take before you actually felt like you accumulated some level of

Alan Lazaros

(13:06) way longer than you'd ever imagine it's so long like and it's not like I was going from (13:13) sedentary to exercising every day like I obviously worked out when were we (13:21) there was a time when you pissed me off back like a couple years ago yeah a couple years ago you you (13:27) said something we were in Canada and it was Toronto and you said I looked like shit or something no he

Kevin Palmieri

(13:32) was kind of no that is not even how it went Alan we were having a conversation I heard all I heard (13:38) was you lost it well because you that we were talking and Alan was like it was something along (13:45) the line I don't remember you kind of admitted it and you're like Kev I don't know if you know (13:49) but like we've lost I was like Alan of course I know that of course I know you don't think I know (13:53) that you don't know that you told me you're gonna have the greatest natural physique ever and you're (13:58) fucking behind son you are fucking behind why are you coming at me I didn't decide to have the (14:05) natural physique of all time I want because I remember I remember we were in this this how many (14:12) years behind you think a decade about a decade yeah yeah we were in this high-rise Airbnb in (14:17) Toronto and I was like dude I just want what a weird I just want five guys and you're like brother

Alan Lazaros

(14:23) I hated that fucking high-rise I think you're like brother you and I were podcasting with (14:28) I don't like heights and then the garage six stories underneath the parking garage I almost

Kevin Palmieri

(14:34) yeah that was I'm not interested man not if I wanted five guys yeah you shamed me because you're (14:40) like dude there's a subway right across the street like why don't we just get subway I don't want (14:44) subway I want five guys I don't care where it is I want five guys but yeah that was that was

Alan Lazaros

(14:50) the conversation yeah okay why was I talking about that hold on yeah so that pissed me off and then (14:54) we went to that huge gym where everyone was jacked and we were oh brutal god identity crisis and not (15:00) long after that we went back to our old stomping grounds and I was like did they change the mirrors

Kevin Palmieri

(15:04) in this place oh my god I've gotten that was next level live we rented uh we rent an Airbnb (15:12) 20 minutes away from our old stomping grounds in Wachusett yeah near Wachusett yeah they were

Alan Lazaros

(15:17) all around the same time where I was realizing my 30s were gonna be different uh and here's the (15:22) thing too when you crush it in your 20s fitness wise it's like you're setting a high bar I don't (15:27) want my best to be in my past but we set a fucking bar man I mean we set a high bar good for us but (15:33) my goodness what was my point of all that how long did it take before yeah an alarmingly long (15:40) amount of time oh when this is my question you and I were somewhere and you turned it around you said (15:49) ah you look great it was like the first time where you were you acknowledged my fucking effort uh (15:54) after the I think it was you know what I'm talking about it was either next level it's a huge gym (15:59) oh it was a huge gym big gym and I I had my stringer on and you were like you look good man (16:05) oh uh you hit the bag a little Pittsburgh yeah Pittsburgh nice Pittsburgh okay and that was (16:10) the first time where you're like okay I could see some progress yeah um but that was long before (16:16) I started the was that long before I started the everyday thing or was I doing the everyday (16:21) yeah you were doing the everyday thing yeah because that was March of 2022 it's crazy (16:26) but I was doing a half hour a day back then and you were like that ain't it man (16:33) so it's not like I was going from sedentary to every day of exercise but I'll tell you what (16:40) anyone out there who believes in their head that if you worked out every day you'd be like (16:46) in great shape yes eventually and I'm not working out easy either and now I want to make this clear (16:54) I do three types of exercise I don't want to make this about me but I know our listeners like (16:58) fitness they've asked many times for us to talk more here we are heaven hates talking about that

Kevin Palmieri

(17:03) dude you can't even see my flexing because this camera the screen's too small for my biceps

Alan Lazaros

(17:07) unbelievable unbelievable you're gonna get a new camera to fit those guns okay uh there's (17:14) steady-state cardio there's HIIT training and there's weight training weight training I think (17:17) is by far the most important for body comp uh I do weight training every other day and then I do (17:23) HIIT training and steady-state cardio usually it's steady-state cardio and usually it's just walking (17:28) although we do swimming and biking and all that kind of stuff too my point is I've been doing (17:33) this for four years it probably took a year and a half for me to really start feeling (17:38) a lot of momentum where it was like okay this is different like I can do a 5k on a whim now (17:44) um and I'm not gonna win it but I can do it pretty well I could probably run a 22 right now (17:51) 5k like pretty easily just because I'm exercising every single day what's the if somebody sat you

Kevin Palmieri

(17:58) down so I'm still shout out to Bianca Bianca just signed up and said I'm gonna exercise every day (18:04) for the rest of my life good for you to go be in the uh in the next level fitness accountability (18:07) group if you want to join us let us know I'm still not going to do it the the pressure is (18:14) getting heavy for sure yeah and um what is it when people try to get you see how long it takes (18:20) you to care when people try to get you to do something uh peer pressure I don't get peer (18:24) pressured easily so I'm not super worried why should I sell me on why I should why does that (18:30) accumulate why is that such an important accumulation all right you'll sleep better

Alan Lazaros

(18:36) you'll think better the benefits of exercise are insane it's it's insane it's like if I could (18:43) like okay everyone right now when you get a chance go to google or chat gpt or whatever (18:48) ai you use and just give me and this is the exact prompt give me a very as concise as possible give (18:58) me a list of all the benefits of consistent exercise if I could sell a pill that did all (19:04) this for you I would be a billionaire overnight that I hope sells you dude you'll sleep better (19:11) you'll look better you'll age better you'll you'll be sexier to your partner you'll perform (19:19) better in bed you'll your everything gets better dude it's like unfreaking believable

Kevin Palmieri

(19:25) what's what's the increase between five and seven five days a week and seven days a week

Alan Lazaros

(19:32) uh well this is the uh remember when I used to talk about 0.1% every day versus taking weekends (19:40) off you didn't like that because I did 50 years I'm gonna have to still do that because that's (19:50) in my memory so we're gonna have to do 50 years because that's what I have memorized (19:54) if you improve by 0.1% per day this is one tenth of one percent aka if you exercise every day for (20:01) 45 minutes you can do that you can do that if you do that for 50 years so if you put a dollar (20:08) on a financial calculator and grow it by 0.1% for 50 years it becomes 84 million dollars

Kevin Palmieri

(20:17) if you take weekends off do you want to guess uh I think it's like no I never know it's like (20:24) 17 million or something no not even 439 yeah I can never I that's why the numbers for 39

Alan Lazaros

(20:32) there's no way that's why when you say is it harder than you think not right now (20:35) no this is good I feel like my metabolism is strong I'm eating really well too (20:40) Emily and I improved our nutrition a lot we are uh (20:46) engineering longevity constantly I I think I'm not aging that great um but I think I'm (20:53) I'm working on it there was a time there where I was like oh my god we'll do an episode on that (20:57) you ever feel that way it's like I'm not aging very well I did you have that I had that moment

Kevin Palmieri

(21:02) in my 30s I was like oh my god yeah and Tyrone's like you should really like start lotioning and (21:07) doing stuff before bed and I was like it took me a while though honestly it took me a while (21:11) I think my identity was just like the the grunt I just don't I don't know I never really cared

Alan Lazaros

(21:18) yeah but you also like and again you were kind of a stud who like didn't have to care

Kevin Palmieri

(21:26) I never felt that way though so it wasn't that I just think I don't know I I don't for me it (21:32) was always weird like trying to put in effort to look good outside of the gym for me was always I (21:38) don't know it felt like a waste of time like one of the reasons I'm doing my I'm like growing my (21:42) hair is because I want to try a new hairstyle because Tyrone's like I think you'd look really (21:46) good with like this type of hair I was like fucking I'll grow it out sure let's see what (21:49) let's see what happens it's not working right now it's a good head of lettuce hot mess Alan

Alan Lazaros

(21:54) still thinks I'm balding but I don't actually anymore that was just the gel you were using

Kevin Palmieri

(21:59) that see it see you want to tell that story real quick we this was also in Pittsburgh (22:04) and this was I'm pretty sure this was on our way to like the biggest speech we've ever given (22:08) together and we were getting ready to get in the car and I was like Alan was like hey man can I tell (22:13) you something I was like yeah of course brother he's like have you ever I don't know have you (22:17) ever like thought of your long-term hair health and I was like no dude he's like I think your (22:23) hair is thinning and you might be on the verge of going bald in the future and if I tell you now (22:28) you might be able to turn it around and I was like okay and I appreciate but Tara did say to (22:35) me she said I think your hairline might be receding and I was like is it really so I don't know I (22:39) might have to not not bad I mean I she sees me every day so she's looking at it yeah she's

Alan Lazaros

(22:44) looking at it so I trust it yeah yeah well again what is this about this is this is the reality (22:49) though in your 30s for the younger listeners I want to add value longevity needs to be a focus (22:58) everything accumulates when you're young your habits are terrible and it doesn't affect you (23:04) that much in your 30s I'm telling you it's like it plummets faster than you can imagine (23:10) and I know that 40s 50s 60s even worse so you got to turn this around now uh and and for anyone who's (23:17) older you already know this so keep doing keep doing what you're doing because at the end of (23:22) the day right it's not just about looking better that's all vanity horse shit anyway and that does (23:28) matter too obviously but it's about waking up in the morning feeling good like I peak performance (23:37) and running this company and and being on this podcast every day like this takes a lot out of (23:42) you I need to take care of my voice I don't want to complain this is like by design but (23:51) we cannot mess this up dude we we're building something that needs to last and you and I can't

Kevin Palmieri

(23:58) burn out yeah that is that is fair at some point I think we should we should do an episode on that (24:02) maybe we'll get like your top five longevity tips or something I love it man you know I'm game as (24:08) long as one of them isn't drinking your own pee you know there's a lot of like as long as one of

Alan Lazaros

(24:13) them is five guys yeah there's a lot of weird shit out there needs to be five guys burgers and

Kevin Palmieri

(24:17) fries we're like the reason your skin isn't healthy is because you're not drinking your own (24:20) piss never thought I never tried it never tried it maybe that's maybe that's the issue I haven't

Alan Lazaros

(24:28) fucking tried maybe that's the problem all right what's the takeaway what is the takeaway you would (24:31) give to the audience everything accumulates it sneaks up on you good good or bad good or bad (24:37) when you're making positive choices it's it's invisible but you will have the moment the (24:43) moments I call minutes minutes and moments I have these moments with Amelia all the time I have (24:48) these moments in the gym where it's like oh my goodness all right I'm starting to feel so good (24:54) like I can do chin-ups weighted now like I lost that for a minute and now I'm I've got you know (25:00) I gotta put a weighted belt on to do chin-ups like this is awesome and so but it sneaks up on you it's (25:05) not like I most of the time I kind of feel like I'm behind and like I'm failing based on my own (25:11) standards that's my truth I don't wake up in the morning like oh I'm the fucking man and everything's (25:16) gonna be fine no it's usually challenging pretty much the entire time but those minutes and moments (25:20) that come where it's like whoa I really did reach a new level this is this is really something so (25:25) but the majority of the time it's invisible my my takeaway would be I think we should all just

Kevin Palmieri

(25:34) have like a results delay where you expect almost nothing to happen when it comes to positive you (25:40) expect nothing to happen for a month minimum when it comes to negative stuff you know nothing is (25:47) going to happen really but it is detrimental it's just invisible it's just invisibly detrimental (25:53) that's that's it good habits are invisibly positive bad habits are invisibly detrimental (25:59) and unfortunately the bad habits the only time you know they're bad is when you really start to (26:04) see the results unfortunately and by then it's the momentum is in the wrong direction it's so hard

Alan Lazaros

(26:09) what is it uh last piece warren buffett said this quote he said bad habits are too (26:18) no no good habits are too weak to notice bad habits are too weak to notice until they're too (26:23) hard to change so bad habits are too weak to notice until they're too hard to even change (26:31) and you have to be smarter than that you gotta you gotta get ahead of it and read the compound (26:36) effect i don't necessarily it's not because of darren the author it's not because of the book (26:41) it's because the concept it's it's a really important concept i if i could give my younger (26:47) book it would be that it would be just read this book 15 year old alan and please don't sleep with (26:55) that girl from rhode island i'm being playful obviously um but still all right i knew you'd

Kevin Palmieri

(27:03) think that was hilarious it's only because i've heard the story so many times about your bad (27:07) decisions that's always the bad decision you use it is man what an l always the bad decision okay (27:13) speaking of 19 year old it's like what are we doing the opposite of bad decisions are good (27:17) decisions working with alan is a great decision if you're looking for a coach bc shout out to bc (27:22) babble he shared a clip today from me on his podcast and essentially he was like why should (27:26) people work with you guys and i started with you and then i went to amy and eventually i was like (27:31) if you're looking for a podcast person i can help you for sure but it was alan's the dude who if (27:36) you work with him for a very short amount of time he'll get you some results but if you're committed (27:40) and you stay with him for a long period of time you will get like life-changing results i am a (27:44) shining example of this is what i said as eight years working with alan so again i can't recommend (27:49) alan highly enough and it's not just because i'm his business partner trust me i if he sucked i (27:53) would i wouldn't say this i would just i wouldn't i wouldn't like i was gonna say thank you until (27:58) if anything that's no no i appreciate you that's even more of an endorsement and if you're looking (28:03) to level up your fitness i know we've been talking a lot about fitness that's kind of where this all (28:07) started for us so we're probably going to continue leaning into it we have the back in fitness back (28:11) i love it we have the next level fitness accountability group the 10 pound and 10 (28:15) week challenge is going but again we're always looking for people who want to (28:19) be part of a group who want to add value who are humble who are heart driven who are (28:24) improvement focused so reach out to alan or myself if you're interested i'm so glad we're

Alan Lazaros

(28:28) back into fitness community fitness is where this starts you work on yourself first get your health (28:33) right first health wealth and love love it all right squad as always we love you we appreciate

Kevin Palmieri

(28:38) you grateful for each and every one of you and if you are as committed as you say you are to (28:42) getting to the next level make sure you tune in tomorrow because we will be here every single

Alan Lazaros

(28:45) day to help you get there keep leveling up to reach your full potential next level nation

Kevin Palmieri

(28:51) thanks for joining us for another episode of next level university we love connecting with

Alan Lazaros

(28:56) the next level family we mean it when we say family if you ever need anything please reach out (29:02) to us directly everything you need to get a hold of us is in the show notes thank you again and we

Kevin Palmieri

(29:08) will talk to you tomorrow