What Should You Be Measuring For Success (2386)

What if the biggest reason you feel stuck is that you are not measuring the right things?

In this episode, Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros address a simple truth. Success gets easier when it gets measurable. Instead of chasing vague goals, they focus on three areas that shape real life: health, wealth, and love. They explain what to track first, why trendlines matter more than daily emotion, and why simple metrics beat complicated systems. The deeper lesson is clear. If you do not measure what matters, you will keep relying on feelings, and feelings are not a reliable growth strategy.

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Show notes:
(1:21) The health wealth, and love framework
(3:20) Start with simple metrics first
(8:23) Why trendlines matter more
(10:51) Measuring sleep more accurately
(12:18) Tracking income and spending clearly
(16:17) How to measure love intentionally
(20:03) Outro

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Transcript

Kevin Palmieri
(0:00) We've been talking about clarity a lot lately, and we talk very often about how you need to measure things in order to become successful. (0:08) But I think when it comes to success, it's this invisible thing that you haven't achieved yet. (0:12) So how do you know what to measure?
(0:14) How do you know what to let go of? (0:16) How do you know whether the measurement is actually working? (0:18) I think that's a very challenging part of this journey.
Alan Lazaros
(0:21) What you measure gets focused on. (0:23) What you focus on determines what you do and don't do. (0:26) What you do and don't do determines the level you reach in life in terms of success.
Kevin Palmieri
(0:31) Welcome to Next Level University. (0:34) I'm your host, Kevin Palmary. (0:36) And I'm your co-host, Alan Lazarus.
(0:39) At NLU, we believe in a heart-driven but no BS approach to holistic self-improvement for dream chasers.
Alan Lazaros
(0:45) Our goal with every episode is to help you level up your life, love, health, and wealth.
Kevin Palmieri
(0:52) 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
(1:08) Self-improvement in your pocket, every day, from anywhere, completely free. (1:14) Welcome to Next Level University.
Kevin Palmieri
(1:20) Next Level Nation, today for episode number 2,386, what should you be measuring for success? (1:27) So this is gonna be a 15-minute episode, as we say. (1:30) So I wanna get right into it, okay?
(1:35) Yes, sir. (1:35) Make it as simple as possible. (1:37) I want as simple...
(1:38) I don't want... (1:40) Well, if you're doing sales calls, I don't want that. (1:42) I want the simplest form of this humanly possible.
(1:48) Sounds good. (1:49) Go ahead. (1:51) What to measure?
(1:52) Yes.
Alan Lazaros
(1:54) What are your goals? (2:03) No, can't. (2:04) Can't do it.
(2:05) No.
Kevin Palmieri
(2:06) Health, wealth, and love. (2:07) One thing under health, one thing under wealth, one thing under love. (2:10) Yeah, same.
(2:10) You wanna go more specific? (2:11) No, no, no. (2:12) I think that's a really good place to start.
Alan Lazaros
(2:14) All right, you gotta measure your weight. (2:17) All right? (2:17) It's a good place to start.
(2:18) Measure your weight. (2:19) You gotta measure... (2:20) That's health.
(2:22) Under wealth, you gotta measure how much you earn.
Kevin Palmieri
(2:27) In the simplest...
Alan Lazaros
(2:27) Your income.
Kevin Palmieri
(2:28) Yep.
Alan Lazaros
(2:29) Yeah. (2:29) How much you earn. (2:33) And hopefully, you're in a career where you can earn more by adding more value.
(2:37) If you're not, you can get a side job or there's a lot of ways to make money. (2:40) Okay, just do it with integrity per the last episode. (2:43) Don't trade your soul.
(2:45) All right, number three is love. (2:47) Yeah. (2:47) Gotta be tracking...
(2:49) I feel like this is maybe the most challenging one.
Kevin Palmieri
(2:56) It depends is the answer, but... (2:58) Well, it does depend. (3:00) If you had...
Alan Lazaros
(3:01) It's the needle mover.
Kevin Palmieri
(3:01) It's the needle... (3:02) What is the needle mover for you out there? (3:04) Gratitude.
(3:04) Gratitude or fun, unique experiences or...
Alan Lazaros
(3:07) Yeah, yeah.
Kevin Palmieri
(3:07) Magic moments or whatever, whatever it is.
Alan Lazaros
(3:10) Yeah, I would say gratitude is probably the most important. (3:13) If you had to blanket statement, this is why I fucking struggle with podcasting.
Kevin Palmieri
(3:17) I know, I know, but we're gonna go. (3:18) We're gonna go. (3:19) Okay.
(3:20) Just like when you're learning to build new habits, you start with one under each, health, wealth, and love. (3:26) Then you start adding. (3:28) So we have one under health, one under wealth, one under love.
(3:32) What's the second one under health? (3:35) Second metric for health success. (3:39) Calories put into your face.
(3:40) Okay, calories put into your face. (3:42) Wealth, gotta be how much money you spend.
Alan Lazaros
(3:46) Yeah.
Kevin Palmieri
(3:47) Right? (3:48) Mm-hmm.
Alan Lazaros
(3:48) How much you make, how much you spend. (3:49) There's intricacies on how to do this that I think we need to break down. (3:52) All right, we'll get there.
(3:53) And then love. (4:01) Yeah, most likely quality time with your partner.
Kevin Palmieri
(4:09) Amount of time spent within love language, within most important love language.
Alan Lazaros
(4:14) Too vague, too vague. (4:15) I'm trying to get more specific. (4:16) It would be quality time, whatever quality time is.
(4:18) Quality time, okay. (4:19) Quality time. (4:19) These are the gimmies.
(4:20) These are the beginner, like real talk, this is beginner shit. (4:23) I'm just calling it. (4:24) Call it out.
(4:25) I don't want people to feel bad, but I also want to tell you the truth. (4:28) This is beginner shit right here. (4:29) Okay, it's beginner shit.
(4:30) You gotta start there. (4:31) All right, third under health. (4:36) Water.
(4:38) Water intake.
Kevin Palmieri
(4:38) You have water over sleep?
Alan Lazaros
(4:39) No, I don't, actually. (4:41) I don't.
Kevin Palmieri
(4:42) So you son of a bitch.
Alan Lazaros
(4:43) Brother, not everyone has an aura ring. (4:45) You know that? (4:45) No, I know, I know.
(4:47) I understand.
Kevin Palmieri
(4:48) Okay, hours of sleep. (4:49) But you could start. (4:51) What do people do before fucking aura rings?
(4:52) Hours in bed. (4:54) I don't know how I'm doing with sleep. (4:56) Fuck it.
(4:56) I'm just gonna ride the lightning track. (4:59) Some people do. (5:00) Okay, hours in bed.
(5:01) Wealth.
Alan Lazaros
(5:03) Cash on hand, baby.
Kevin Palmieri
(5:05) Cash on hand over investment. (5:07) That's good. (5:07) Yes, of course.
(5:08) I'd say that's fair. (5:09) Yeah. (5:09) Okay, love.
Alan Lazaros
(5:10) We have to explain what cash on hand is. (5:11) We're gonna explain everything. (5:12) You've lost it.
(5:13) No, no, we're gonna explain everything.
Kevin Palmieri
(5:15) All right, love.
Alan Lazaros
(5:25) I'm trying to avoid it depends. (5:27) Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Kevin Palmieri
(5:29) You're crushing it so far.
Alan Lazaros
(5:30) Thank you, man. (5:40) Adventures.
Kevin Palmieri
(5:42) Fun unique, okay.
Alan Lazaros
(5:43) Yeah, fun unique experiences. (5:45) Yep. (5:46) Okay.
(5:46) That's another good. (5:46) These labels are interchangeable. (5:49) Whichever one you like better, fun unique experiences or adventures.
(5:51) I like adventures because she loves adventures. (5:54) Even if they're little mini adventures. (5:55) Like I'll just say get in the car and I'll have like something planned.
(5:59) I've done that a fucking minute.
Kevin Palmieri
(6:01) Tara and I went out to dinner on Wednesday for the first time in- How was it? (6:06) It was awesome. (6:07) We had a great time.
(6:08) The food was drastically overrated. (6:10) I was so sad. (6:12) But it was good to get out.
(6:15) It was really good to get out. (6:16) Nice. (6:16) Okay.
Alan Lazaros
(6:17) Under- Were the dancing bears good? (6:20) I don't even know what that means. (6:21) I'm just kidding.
(6:22) Teletubbies didn't show up and dance for you? (6:24) No. (6:26) One of those jokes I always make is like the Teletubbies will be here about 20.
(6:30) Why the Teletubbies? (6:32) Liar, liar, if you've ever seen it.
Kevin Palmieri
(6:34) Oh, canceled the dancing girls. (6:35) Yeah, that's where I get that. (6:37) You said bears and I was like, I was thinking liar, liar, but also I wasn't.
(6:42) Greatest movie.
Alan Lazaros
(6:43) One of the greatest comedies of all time.
Kevin Palmieri
(6:44) It is, yeah, but I have some issues with it because it's like he can't lie, but he can omit. (6:49) And he does lie several times. (6:52) When?
(6:53) How dare you? (6:54) I have this whole movie memorized. (6:55) No, no, I know, I know.
(6:56) Um, when his, his assistant asks him about the mom or like his mom calling her. (7:09) There's a couple of times where he could have just omitted because he does omit through the movie.
Alan Lazaros
(7:15) Yeah, omitting is quote unquote, not lying. (7:19) Yeah, but he doesn't always do it. (7:20) No, no, he doesn't.
(7:21) So that's, that's bullshit.
Kevin Palmieri
(7:24) It's a fucking movie. (7:25) There is a, there's a YouTube channel called Cinema Sins. (7:28) And it's everything with liar, liar, don't ruin a masterpiece.
(7:31) I did it with Oppenheimer. (7:33) I've done it with Titanic that. (7:35) You don't do it with liar, liar, liar.
(7:37) Liar is one of the funniest movies. (7:38) When I say I've done it, I mean, I watched somebody else's creation. (7:41) I didn't come up with it.
Alan Lazaros
(7:42) I'm calling it liar, liar, top 10 funniest movies of all time. (7:46) When was the last time you watched it? (7:48) A couple of years.
(7:49) We're going to watch it again. (7:51) Top 10 funniest movies of all time. (7:53) You think?
(7:53) I do. (7:54) I really do. (7:55) But I also love truth telling.
(7:58) It's like, oh, you've been here before. (8:00) It's like the guy. (8:01) He's like, where are you going to see a scratch?
(8:02) Where? (8:03) Right there. (8:04) You know exactly what I'm talking about.
(8:06) Jim Carrey in his prime. (8:08) All right.
Kevin Palmieri
(8:08) Take time here. (8:09) Take time here. (8:10) All right.
(8:11) I almost ripped my cord right off. (8:13) Anything that needs to go, do we need to go deeper on in health?
Alan Lazaros
(8:18) Weight? (8:18) Yes. (8:19) Yeah.
(8:19) Every single one of them. (8:20) Real quick. (8:21) All right.
(8:23) Weight is the first one. (8:25) Daily fluctuations do not matter. (8:29) The trend line matters.
(8:31) If you don't know what that means, Google it. (8:33) Is there is the reason you're big?
Kevin Palmieri
(8:35) Because I know people that do not believe in daily tracking. (8:39) They like weekly tracking. (8:41) No.
(8:42) Is it because of just the habit?
Alan Lazaros
(8:44) No, it's because you have less data to get a trend line. (8:51) But if you must do weekly, you can still get a trend line. (8:55) But it depends on the timeline and the target.
(8:58) So 10 pounds in 10 weeks, you're only going to have 10 data points.
Kevin Palmieri
(9:02) Well, I'm of the same. (9:03) I'm of the mind of the more, the better.
Alan Lazaros
(9:05) But the daily fluctuation doesn't bother you as much as most people. (9:09) Fair. (9:10) A lot of times what happens is you step on the scale and it's higher than you want.
(9:16) So you feel bad. (9:17) So then you eat.
Kevin Palmieri
(9:18) Yeah.
Alan Lazaros
(9:18) And then the opposite happens if it's like, oh, I lost two pounds. (9:22) I guess I can eat. (9:23) It's like, no, this is ruining everything.
(9:25) Just stick with the system.
Kevin Palmieri
(9:27) I had my, I got on the other day and I was like, there it is. (9:29) Finally, like finally it took the, it took the jump.
Alan Lazaros
(9:33) It took so fucking long. (9:34) Salt, hormones for the women, which phase you're in, in your cycle, everything so much. (9:40) Yeah.
(9:40) Daily fluctuations don't matter. (9:41) Trend line matters. (9:42) Okay.
(9:42) So that's underweight. (9:43) And that's a principle for life. (9:44) Not just this.
(9:45) Yeah. (9:45) Okay. (9:45) Wait.
(9:46) What was the next one? (9:47) Calories. (9:48) Calories.
(9:49) Yeah. (9:49) No coconut milk. (9:50) Actually, it's calories.
(9:52) Calories. (9:53) Calories. (9:56) What would be the nuance of that?
(9:58) I know it's a pain in the ass. (10:00) It's a pain in the ass. (10:01) But you can't do it intuitively unless you've been doing it for so long.
(10:04) Like, and even then. (10:06) Round to the nearest hundred. (10:08) You don't have to get like, you don't track every thing of broccoli.
(10:12) Some things are fairly negligible. (10:14) Just make sure you're plus or minus 10% error. (10:16) You're not trying to go to the moon, right?
(10:18) You just be reasonable and make it sustainable. (10:22) You don't have to, you with the like grain of rice thing. (10:24) I know.
(10:26) I love that obsessive nature about you. (10:28) Not everyone has to do that.
Kevin Palmieri
(10:29) I don't think anybody should do that. (10:31) A couple of grains of rice is not going to make a ring. (10:33) No, no.
(10:34) It's not a big deal. (10:34) You're going to be fine. (10:35) Exactly.
(10:35) That's like pennies. (10:36) Now pennies add up. (10:38) Pennies add up.
(10:39) Yeah. (10:40) And? (10:42) You drop one on the ground.
(10:43) It's, you're probably not going to crawl under a car to get it.
Alan Lazaros
(10:46) Exactly.
Kevin Palmieri
(10:47) Right. (10:47) Most likely. (10:48) Okay.
(10:48) Sleeves. (10:51) Yeah.
Alan Lazaros
(10:51) I, if you have an aura ring or an Apple watch or a Fitbit or whatever, like obviously that's better. (11:02) If not, you got to try to track the amount of quality sleep, like time that you're actually asleep. (11:11) So if you have 10 hours in bed, that doesn't mean you got great sleep.
(11:15) Right. (11:15) It could be you were up four or five times throughout the night and you didn't get any deeper REM sleep. (11:21) So what I would say on that one is it's the 21st century.
(11:23) Get something. (11:24) Yeah. (11:25) Get something to track it.
(11:26) It's, it's, it's worth the investment. (11:28) They have cheap ones.
Kevin Palmieri
(11:29) Yes.
Alan Lazaros
(11:30) There's one of my clients has an aura, um, a different version that's cheaper and it works probably just the same. (11:36) Honestly. (11:37) I mean, not exactly the same cause there's software and there's a backend and there's an app.
(11:40) Like I love aura. (11:41) So I'm not, you know, I'm not hating on aura. (11:43) Aura is great, but yeah, of course there are.
(11:46) Absolutely. (11:47) Yeah. (11:47) Get a, get a cheap, cheaper version.
(11:49) Okay. (11:49) I dig it. (11:50) Yeah.
Kevin Palmieri
(11:50) If you're going to buy something. (11:51) Yeah. (11:51) You're going to spend a hundred bucks on some piece of technology you're never going to use.
(11:58) That's, this is a good investment for sure.
Alan Lazaros
(12:00) And if you track it just with time, like time you went to bed, time you got up, it's a good place to start. (12:05) Just understand you need to add like green, yellow, or red to that.
Kevin Palmieri
(12:08) Okay.
Alan Lazaros
(12:09) So I'd rather have an eight green than a 10 red. (12:13) Okay. (12:13) Wealth earning.
(12:18) Yep. (12:18) You got to understand what gross revenue is or gross income, gross income. (12:22) Okay.
(12:22) Revenue for businesses, income for personal. (12:25) So gross is total top line. (12:28) That's probably better.
(12:28) Top line income. (12:31) Meaning before anything is deducted. (12:33) So when someone says they make a hundred grand a year, they don't make a hundred grand a year.
(12:37) Nobody. (12:37) Just like when they say they're going to pay you a hundred grand a year. (12:40) Like.
Kevin Palmieri
(12:40) Yeah. (12:40) Yeah.
Alan Lazaros
(12:40) Of course not. (12:41) Yeah. (12:41) Do, but you don't get it.
(12:43) Yeah. (12:43) You don't get it. (12:44) So there's deductions, health insurance, life insurance, whatever pension, but our um, security, social security, the, but that's what you track because that's what you can improve.
(12:58) Like, okay. (12:59) Let's say you work for a company and you make a hundred grand a year. (13:03) How do I increase my income?
(13:05) Uh, your gross income or your take home? (13:10) It doesn't matter. (13:10) The reason you measure the top line revenue is because that's the thing you grow.
(13:15) You're supposed to measure the thing that you can, that is tangible enough to grow. (13:19) That's like with calories. (13:20) You ever hear this?
(13:21) Well, your body metabolizes protein and it costs 10 calories out of every.
Kevin Palmieri
(13:26) Yeah. (13:26) Stop. (13:27) Yeah.
Alan Lazaros
(13:27) It's too much. (13:28) It's too much. (13:29) Now again, if you are, if that is what you do for a living, we have to have a different conversation.
(13:32) If you're an Olympic athlete, you can get that granular and you probably should. (13:35) If you're not cut the shit, just track your calories. (13:39) Okay.
(13:39) And then there's macros, micros, all this stuff. (13:41) So boom. (13:42) Top line revenue.
(13:43) Okay. (13:43) Top line income. (13:44) Okay.
(13:45) Number two was what? (13:46) Expensive spending. (13:47) This is the key.
(13:50) I think most people use credit cards. (13:53) If you look at the trend of these credit card companies, obviously most people using credit cards. (13:56) That is what it is.
(13:58) If you're intelligent about it, you actually win from that because you get cash back. (14:02) Great. (14:02) I use credit cards.
(14:03) I'm not making it wrong. (14:05) You can't track it on the card and then also track it when you paid off because now you're double tracking. (14:12) So if I buy, if I get Spotify for 1299 or whatever, I'm not going to track it when it gets charged and then track it again when I pay the card.
(14:22) I'm just going to track it when it gets charged. (14:23) Now, if you have interest payments, you got to add that. (14:27) All right.
(14:27) Okay. (14:27) So checking, savings, credit card, you need to know. (14:32) I track the finances every single day, earning and spending for the business and for my personal now.
(14:38) Not Kevin anymore. (14:39) He's doing that himself. (14:40) The idea here is do it manually so that you can see your behaviors.
Kevin Palmieri
(14:46) Are you open to starting? (14:48) Not manually. (14:49) Like with the rocket money?
(14:51) Never. (14:52) No. (14:53) No.
(14:54) Not even starting? (14:56) Nope. (14:57) I see.
(14:57) I'm for it. (14:58) Start with something easy and then work your way in. (15:01) Can't do it.
(15:02) Okay.
Alan Lazaros
(15:03) You ever go on a trip and then you're like, how did we? (15:06) I don't go on trips. (15:07) Thank you.
(15:08) Okay. (15:09) Yes, you did. (15:09) You went to Scotland.
(15:11) That cost you more than you thought for sure. (15:13) Of course it did. (15:14) Trust me.
(15:14) I know. (15:14) That cost us more than I thought, yeah. (15:16) Yeah, of course.
(15:16) That's my point. (15:17) When you're on a trip, it's like, ah, and then it adds up quick.
Kevin Palmieri
(15:20) And you get to where you are. (15:21) It's like, we're already here. (15:22) We're going to go out to dinner.
(15:23) I'm not going to fucking go to the grocery store. (15:25) What are we doing? (15:25) I'm going to go out to dinner.
(15:26) I've never been in Scotland before.
Alan Lazaros
(15:28) That's why I travel. (15:28) Yeah, exactly. (15:29) Mac and cheese.
(15:30) You're going to eat something Scottish. (15:31) But that's, that's my point is when you manually do it. (15:34) Yes, of course.
(15:35) If you need, if you're going to do nothing, start with an app. (15:37) Yeah. (15:38) If you can manually do it, it will change your life.
(15:42) Cash on hand. (15:45) Savings counts, actual physical cash. (15:47) I found a dollar on the ground the other day.
(15:49) I'd have to, I donated it, but, um, yeah, I'd have to count that. (15:53) Cash, physical cash, anything you don't have to sell to get the money. (15:58) Like the reason why stocks aren't cash on hand is because you have to sell it to get the money.
(16:02) Right. (16:02) It's called liquid capital, working capital, cash on hand. (16:04) Okay.
(16:05) So physical cash, and then any savings account or checking account. (16:10) Cash on hand. (16:10) There you go.
(16:11) Cash on hand. (16:12) Done.
Kevin Palmieri
(16:12) All right. (16:12) And then, I mean, I feel like the loved one to kind of speak for themselves, I would say.
Alan Lazaros
(16:17) Gratitudes before bed every night or first thing in the morning you pick. (16:20) I think before bed works better because that tends to be when you're with your partner. (16:24) And it's controllable.
(16:25) Yeah. (16:31) Send them via text or via audio if you're traveling. (16:35) Until you don't live with your person yet.
(16:37) Yeah, exactly. (16:37) Exactly. (16:38) Emailing.
(16:38) I have the whole first year of audios we used to send each other every single night. (16:41) I have them all saved. (16:42) Super cute.
(16:43) And also alarming when you go back because it's like, we did 15 or 16 every night. (16:46) I don't know how we sustained it. (16:47) Yeah, I remember.
Kevin Palmieri
(16:48) It's like, we did two hour gratitudes last night. (16:51) It's like, okay. (16:53) Good for you.
(16:53) Super great. (16:54) I didn't say two hours. (16:55) I love it.
(16:55) Good for you.
Alan Lazaros
(16:56) It's probably half hour.
Kevin Palmieri
(16:57) That's a lot.
Alan Lazaros
(16:58) We used to, we called them personal podcasts. (17:00) We'd send them back and forth to each other. (17:01) Super cute.
(17:02) I have them all saved. (17:02) Anyways, gratitudes. (17:05) Quality time.
(17:06) That needs to be, and again, playfully, I feel like I should have been in the middle. (17:14) I run this house like a military bootcamp straight up. (17:19) Emily and I both do.
(17:20) We don't ever fuck around with anything. (17:23) Like we call her the procurement specialist. (17:25) Okay.
(17:26) I'm tracking finances. (17:27) We aren't allowed to go downstairs unless we write something on the whiteboard. (17:30) Like we're excessive.
(17:32) I get that. (17:32) Okay. (17:33) Whatever.
(17:34) Love us. (17:34) Hate us. (17:34) Don't care.
(17:35) What I will say is you got to understand how much time you're spending together. (17:43) The numbers are going to help you. (17:45) I have 15 minutes and 36 seconds left until I have to be on a coaching session with a couple.
(17:50) Okay. (17:50) I'm always on a timer. (17:53) If you're not always on a timer, and trust me, I know it sucks like to always be on a timer, just do a plus or minus, do an educated guess, plus or minus 15 minutes, right?
(18:05) Did you spend three hours with your partner last night or did you spend four? (18:09) Trust me, you'll get better over time. (18:12) Okay.
(18:12) Your educated guesses will get more and more attuned. (18:15) It's called sensory acuity. (18:19) That was the last one.
(18:22) Adventures. (18:23) Adventures. (18:24) Or fun unique experiences.
(18:25) That one's easy to track. (18:26) Use a calendar. (18:27) We do this with couples all the time.
(18:29) You got to use a calendar. (18:31) It's so unbelievably valuable. (18:33) We have the next 52 weeks mapped out.
(18:35) We're going to get a new house. (18:36) We're going to sell this house. (18:37) We got all kinds of stuff going on.
(18:39) And again, any of that can change. (18:41) All right. (18:42) So don't, oh, I thought you said you were going to like, don't, don't bother, please.
(18:46) All right. (18:46) The point is we have it all mapped out and it can change. (18:49) The point is, is, is don't wing it.
(18:51) I think it's arrogant to wing it and think it's going to work out. (18:53) I do. (18:54) And I'm calling that out.
(18:55) This is the takeaway.
Kevin Palmieri
(18:57) This is my takeaway. (18:57) And then we got to hop. (18:59) Almost all of the stuff you said after like, yeah, I know it sucks.
(19:03) I know it sucks to track your calories. (19:04) I know. (19:05) Trust me.
(19:05) I've been doing it for 20 years. (19:06) It sucks. (19:07) I know it sucks to track your finances.
(19:09) I haven't been doing it for 20 years. (19:11) That's why I don't have more money than I do. (19:13) That's a fucking, that is a truth.
(19:14) I would have way more money than I do if I started tracking my finances.
Alan Lazaros
(19:17) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Kevin Palmieri
(19:19) Right. (19:19) I would think things would be better than they are right now. (19:22) I know it kind of sucks.
(19:23) And here's the other thing too. (19:24) I know it might seem weird to your partner to like start doing this because just because we're, we're lumping in love. (19:29) Like I do, I, when, when we started last thing, when we started doing splitting, like, okay, Kev, you're going to get your money.
(19:38) Alan, you're gonna get your money. (19:39) I told Tyra and I said, I need permission to like really, really, really be the guy. (19:43) And she said, I want you to be.
(19:44) And I said, are you sure? (19:46) And she said, Kev, this is going to be great for me. (19:47) It's tough being in the pain in the ass, isn't it?
Alan Lazaros
(19:49) Not yet. (19:50) Nice.
Kevin Palmieri
(19:51) No, it's been great.
Alan Lazaros
(19:52) It's been great. (19:52) But it was tough before you had that permission. (19:54) Before.
(19:54) Yeah. (19:54) Well, I didn't get the permission in advance. (19:56) Like I do that with clients now.
(19:58) I need permission in advance to be a huge pain in the ass. (20:02) It's fair.
Kevin Palmieri
(20:03) All right, cool. (20:04) If fitness right now is a giant pain in the ass and you can't stay consistent, next level fitness accountability group. (20:08) If you feel stuck in any of those things that we talked about today, reach out to Alan because he can coach you on all of those things we talked about.
(20:15) That is the beauty of Next Level U is there's many different things that we have solutions for that we can help you. (20:20) So reach out. (20:21) As always, we love you.
(20:22) We appreciate you. (20:23) Grateful for each and every one of you. (20:24) And if you are as committed as you say you are to get into the next level, make sure you tune in tomorrow because we will be here every single day to help you get there.
Alan Lazaros
(20:30) Keep leveling up to reach your full potential. (20:32) Next Level Nation.
Kevin Palmieri
(20:33) Thanks for joining us for another episode of Next Level University. (20:37) We love connecting with the Next Level family.
Alan Lazaros
(20:40) We mean it when we say family. (20:41) If you ever need anything, please reach out to us directly. (20:45) Everything you need to get ahold of us is in the show notes.
(20:49) Thank you again and we will talk to you tomorrow.