Next Level University
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Success isn't a secret. It's a system and we teach it every day.
Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers, entrepreneurs, and self-improvement addicts who are ready to get real about what it takes to grow.
Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros, this show brings raw, honest conversations about how to build a better life, love more deeply, lead with purpose, and level up in every area... from health to wealth to relationships.
With over 2,000 episodes and listeners in more than 175 countries, we combine experience, data, and deep coaching insights to help you:
- Master your mindset and habits
- Scale your effort and income
- Create deep, aligned relationships
- Stay consistent when motivation fades
- Build a life you’re proud of one day at a time
No fluff. No hype. Just real growth, every single day.
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What happens when getting better information becomes another excuse for avoiding real change? In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan break down why access to knowledge is no longer the advantage most people think it is. In a world full of AI tools, instant answers, and endless shortcuts, the real edge still comes down to self-awareness, discipline, and the ability to change your behavior when it counts. Drawing from their own habits, coaching experience, and patterns they’ve seen across years of...
In this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros break down a hard truth about money that most people miss. Financial struggle is rarely just about numbers. More often, it comes down to behavior, habits, and the choices we repeat without thinking. They challenge the idea that building financial stability has to be complicated and show why simple principles only work when discipline, consistency, and self-awareness are behind them. This episode covers debt, finan...
When good starts costing great. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan talk about the hard moment when commitment stops being growth and starts becoming a drag. After years of building, testing, and carrying multiple projects at once, they share what it means to step back, make honest cuts, and protect the bigger mission. This episode gets into courage, self-awareness, identity, and the trade-offs that come with real progress. It is not about giving up because something feels hard. It is about kn...
What if your daily priorities are sabotaging the future you say you want? In this episode, Kevin and Alan break down micro priorities, macro priorities, and why being busy is not the same as building a better life. When your short-term actions are not aligned with your long-term goals, progress starts working against you. This conversation is about clarity, discipline, and making sure your day-to-day decisions support the bigger vision. If your life feels full but off track, this episode wi...
In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros break down why life gets harder when you misunderstand your gift. Too many people ignore what comes naturally to them and chase goals built around borrowed strengths. That disconnect leads to frustration, wasted energy, and results that never fully line up. Drawing from their own journey and years of coaching, they unpack the difference between gift, developed skill, and self-awareness. This episode will help ...
Success asks for more than you think. In this episode, Kevin and Alan challenge a hard truth about growth. Wanting more does not mean you are doing what it takes to create more. They break down focus, discipline, and the difference between feeling committed and actually being committed. Real progress is not just about desire. It is built through honest self-assessment, stronger standards, and the ability to follow through when it would be easier not to. If you want better results in personal...
What if the real gap between success and stagnation comes down to what you are willing to do once growth stops feeling comfortable? In today's episode, Kevin and Alan unpack the idea of a willingness score and why it may be one of the most overlooked predictors of long-term success. Talent matters. Intelligence matters. But neither goes very far without the discipline to stay in the process when it gets inconvenient, repetitive, or hard. Drawing from their own experience building the busines...
In this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros challenge a hard truth about growth. Many people want better results, but stay only half committed so they have something to protect if things go wrong. They break down why people hold back in relationships, goals, and personal development, and how that hesitation quietly slows progress. What feels like caution is often just fear with better branding. If your effort is not producing the result you want, this conv...
What feels good is shaping your future. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan break down how dopamine influences your habits, your decisions, and the direction of your life more than most people realize. Drawing from personal experience, coaching insights, and years of studying human behavior, they explain why so many people get trapped in short-term rewards that quietly pull them away from their long-term goals. They also reflect on how their own relationship with discipline, pleasure, and prog...
Are you making smart financial decisions, or just calling your impulses “needs” to feel better about them? In this episode, Kevin and Alan break down a practical framework for spending with more honesty, discipline, and self-awareness. They unpack why people blur the line between wants and needs, how goals change what actually matters, and why identity, dopamine, and self-deception can quietly sabotage financial progress. This conversation will help you think more clearly about money, spend...
In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros challenge a hard truth about growth. Strong decisions are not made by perfect people. They are made by people who are honest enough to face reality, aware enough to learn, and disciplined enough to adjust. Drawing from coaching, client patterns, and lessons from their own lives, they break down how overthinking slows progress, how identity can cloud judgment, and why real feedback matters if you want to improve...
Not every good thing fits together. In this episode, Kevin and Alan break down why health, wealth, and love often start pulling against each other when you take growth seriously. Most people think more effort solves everything. It does not. Some goals demand different sacrifices, and without real clarity, progress in one area can create friction in another. This episode explores competing priorities, self-awareness, identity, and the standards shaping your decisions behind the scenes. It is ...
What changes faster, your life or the standard you hold yourself to? In today's episode, Kevin and Alan break down why most people stay stuck even when they care deeply about growth. The problem is not always effort. More often, it is a lack of clear structure. They unpack why every meaningful goal needs a real timeline, a real target, and a system strong enough to survive pressure. Drawing from years of coaching, client results, and their own trial-and-error journey, they show how clarity s...
In this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros talk about the kind of truth that helps you grow, not just the kind that makes you feel better for a moment. They look at the difference between healthy encouragement and honest feedback, and why both matter if you want real progress. They also get into self-awareness, discipline, ego, and what happens when you lose touch with reality through either false confidence or constant self-doubt. If you’ve ever wondered...
The truth you need to grow. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan take a hard look at what helps people improve and what keeps them comfortable. Drawing from years of coaching, thousands of episodes, and lessons from their own lives, they show how easy it is to mistake reassurance for progress. This conversation gets honest about rejection, self-awareness, ego, humility, and the kind of feedback that actually helps you grow. If you want better judgment, deeper self-belief, and a more grounded ...
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 wha...
What does success cost when you never stop to measure the trade-offs? In today's episode, Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros break down why real growth is not just about chasing more, but about knowing what you refuse to sacrifice along the way. They challenge the belief that progress is always worth the price and unpack how unclear standards can quietly lead to misalignment in your health, relationships, integrity, and long-term fulfillment. If you want success that is clean, sustainable, an...
In this episode of Next Level University, Kevin and Alan unpack a question that hits harder the more you grow: what if getting to the next level means learning how to disappoint people? They talk openly about the skills that do not feel good to build, like saying no, giving hard feedback, protecting your time, and facing the guilt that can come with all of it. Through stories about sports, leadership, friendship, and business, they show how external success often creates internal pressure. Th...
In this episode of Next Level University, Kevin and Alan break down a hard truth most people miss. Success and health are not always the same thing. You can be disciplined, driven, and productive while still building from fear, insecurity, and old wounds. The source of your ambition shapes the quality of your life. Drawing from their own journeys, years of coaching, and thousands of episodes, Kevin and Alan unpack the difference between playing not to lose and playing to win. They break down ...
Clarity changes everything. In today’s episode, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros break down why so many people stay stuck, not because they lack ambition, but because they are building their future on vague standards, borrowed beliefs, and unclear priorities. They explain how clarity shapes self-awareness, decision-making, identity, and long-term growth, and why progress becomes harder when you keep chasing goals that are not truly your own. If your life feels full but off course, this ...
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