Next Level University

Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros
  • 4.7 (148)
  • Self-Improvement
  • Updated Daily

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 habitsScale your effort and incomeCreate deep, aligned relationshipsStay consistent when motivation fadesBuild a life you’re proud of one day at a timeNo fluff. No hype. Just real growth, every single day.Subscribe now and join #NextLevelNation.

  1. 19h ago

    An Important Lesson From Toxic Masculinity (2471)

    Strength needs standards. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan clarify the difference between toxic masculinity and healthy masculine leadership. They unpack why confidence, tenacity, and directness can support success, but only when they are grounded in humility, self-awareness, values, and respect. Drawing from coaching conversations, client patterns, and years of personal development work, they challenge the idea that strength requires arrogance or aggression. Real strength is not about getting yours at everyone else’s expense. It is about staying steadfast without becoming selfish, telling the truth without using it as a weapon, and building a better life without making the room smaller. Do not follow the loudest man in the room. Study the one who does not need volume to prove strength. _______________________ Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session Join the "Next Level Fitness Accountability Group" – Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ _______________________ NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey. For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇 Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ Facebook: Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/ Email: Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com Alan@nextleveluniverse.com LinkedIn: Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/ Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ _______________________ Show notes: (2:28) Tenacity without selfishness (4:22) Humility, courage, and vulnerability (6:07) Strength without arrogance (14:01) Keep the trait, lose the damage (15:38) Values, intent, and accountability (18:26) Why your environment matters (19:41) Direct truth with the right intent (21:31) Outro Send a text to Kevin and Alan! 🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

    22 min

  2. 1d ago

    The Top 10 Vices And How They’re Sabotaging Your Success (2470)

    In this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros explore how vices sabotage success, discipline, relationships, health, and self-respect. They break down the hidden cost of short-term pleasure, from social media and TV to alcohol, food, pornography, gambling, THC, nicotine, shopping, and video games. Through personal experience and coaching patterns, Kevin and Alan unpack dopamine, the habit loop, emotional regulation, and honest self-assessment. This is not about shame. It is about control. If you want a more meaningful life, you have to stop negotiating with what keeps pulling you off track. Listen in, then audit the vice you keep defending. _______________________ Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session Join the "Next Level Fitness Accountability Group" – Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ _______________________ NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey. For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇 Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ Facebook: Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/ Email: Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com Alan@nextleveluniverse.com LinkedIn: Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/ Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ _______________________ Show notes: (3:06) Why humans are wired for addiction (6:18) High goals require higher standards (8:15) Growing up around destructive patterns (11:02) The real cost of addiction (13:19) When a vice becomes a problem (16:36) Kevin’s turning point with weed and porn (18:26) How to score yourself honestly (21:07) Short-term pleasure versus long-term standards (22:51) Outro Send a text to Kevin and Alan! 🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

    24 min

  3. 2d ago

    How Do You Know What You're Encoded For? (2469)

    What if the thing you keep forcing is not a discipline problem, but a self-awareness problem? In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan unpack how to recognize what you are naturally encoded for, why career fit matters, and how passion, repetition, talent, and market demand all shape long-term success. Kevin shares lessons from training Bruce, an 80-year-old man at the gym, while Alan connects the conversation to multiple intelligences and the hard truth that life does not “just work out.” You have to study yourself, compare without ego, and build where your effort compounds. Listen in, then stop trying to win the wrong game. Noble suffering is still a bad strategy. _______________________ Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session Join the "Next Level Fitness Accountability Group" – Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ _______________________ NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey. For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇 Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ Facebook: Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/ Email: Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com Alan@nextleveluniverse.com LinkedIn: Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/ Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ _______________________ Show notes: (3:01) Discovering what comes naturally (5:03) Strengths, weaknesses, and self-awareness (7:10) Why career fit matters (9:34) Finding your place in the economy (13:21) Talent still needs repetition (16:01) Passion, skill, and long-term mastery (18:54) What to build your life around (19:54) Comparing without ego (20:47) Outro Send a text to Kevin and Alan! 🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

    22 min

  4. 3d ago

    What You Desperately Need To Know About AI (2468)

    What you refuse to learn today may replace you tomorrow. In this episode, Kevin and Alan talk about AI, technology, reinvention, and staying valuable in a changing world. Alan breaks down exponential change, digital disruption, and why waiting too long makes reinvention harder. Kevin brings the real concern many people feel as automation keeps moving faster. This episode is for anyone serious about self-improvement, career growth, leadership, and long-term success in an AI-driven future. Build the skill before the world exposes the gap. _______________________ Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session Join the "Next Level Fitness Accountability Group" – Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ _______________________ NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey. For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇 Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ Facebook: Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/ Email: Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com Alan@nextleveluniverse.com LinkedIn: Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/ Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ _______________________ Show notes: (2:25) Alan’s background in technology and engineering (4:05) The future will not wait (6:45) Understanding exponential change (10:25) The jobs most exposed to AI (13:22) Learning to spot future trends (18:28) Why staying the same is risky (21:42) Start reinventing yourself now (22:59) Use fear constructively (24:04) Leadership will always matter (25:27) Outro Send a text to Kevin and Alan! 🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

    26 min

  5. 4d ago

    To Implement Or Ignore? (2467)

    In today’s episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros unpack why most people do not need more ideas. They need better filters, stronger focus, and the self-awareness to know what actually deserves action. Kevin reflects on nine years in business and the bad ideas he was smart enough not to chase. Alan brings in coaching patterns, performance principles, and the real cost of wasted attention to separate fantasy, imagination, visualization, action, and rumination. This conversation is about decision-making, productivity, mindset, and the discipline to use your consciousness well. What you focus on does not just shape your day. It shapes your standards, your choices, and your future. Listen in to get better at knowing what to implement, what to ignore, and what has been quietly draining your mental battery. _______________________ Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session Join the "Next Level Fitness Accountability Group" – Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ _______________________ NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey. For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇 Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ Facebook: Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/ Email: Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com Alan@nextleveluniverse.com LinkedIn: Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/ Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ _______________________ Show notes: (3:29) Your attention has a real cost (6:21) How to audit where your mind goes (7:39) Rumination versus useful reflection (13:20) Why goals need focused thought (15:27) The invisible work behind success (18:13) How to decide what to implement or ignore (22:10) Fear-based thinking versus future-building (25:31) The opportunity cost of wasted attention (28:31) Outro Send a text to Kevin and Alan! 🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

    29 min

  6. 5d ago

    Is The Constraint Internal Or External? (2466)

    What if the thing holding you back is not the obstacle, but your inability to identify the real constraint? In this episode, Kevin and Alan walk through why people stay stuck when they solve the wrong problem. They discuss internal and external constraints, self-awareness, discipline, environment, goal alignment, and the level of execution required for meaningful progress. After thousands of episodes and years of coaching, Kevin and Alan have seen the same pattern again and again. Most people either lack the awareness to see the real issue or the consistency to do what the goal requires. Better results start with better diagnosis. Stop guessing, find the constraint, and build your life around solving it. _______________________ Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session Join the "Next Level Fitness Accountability Group" – Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ _______________________ NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey. For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇 Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ Facebook: Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/ Email: Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com Alan@nextleveluniverse.com LinkedIn: Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/ Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ _______________________ Show notes: (3:44) Root cause thinking and learned helplessness (6:53) Awareness, discipline, and execution (8:30) When your environment limits consistency (14:43) Why the biggest constraint keeps changing (16:34) Level 10 goals require level 10 alignment (18:41) The compound effect of daily choices (22:20) Measuring progress against the real goal (25:40) Giving up to grow up (27:06) Becoming the person your goals require (30:25) Outro Send a text to Kevin and Alan! 🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

    31 min

  7. 6d ago

    Why Answers Come From Digging Deep (2465)

    The answer lives beneath the excuse. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan examine why real progress starts with finding the constraint, not defending the symptom. Kevin uses a simple fitness and sleep example to show how quickly the mind reaches for easy labels, while Alan connects root cause analysis to coaching, performance, money, and relationships. With thousands of episodes and years of client work behind them, they make a grounded case for deeper thinking, clearer goals, and honest self-awareness. The goal is not to overthink. It is to think accurately enough to solve the right problem. Stop negotiating with symptoms. Find the root before it grows a personality. _______________________ Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session Join the "Next Level Fitness Accountability Group" – Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ _______________________ NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey. For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇 Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ Facebook: Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/ Email: Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com Alan@nextleveluniverse.com LinkedIn: Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/ Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ _______________________ Show notes: (3:43) Overthinking Vs. Constructive self-awareness (6:31) Constraint theory and goal clarity (9:37) Finding the real constraint beneath the surface (11:15) Root cause analysis as a life skill (16:24) Critical thinking and cause-and-effect thinking (20:36) Honest ownership in fitness and behavior (23:50) Targeting the constraint instead of the symptom (26:25) Outro Send a text to Kevin and Alan! 🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

    27 min

  8. Jun 15

    Going Back Home Does Something To You PT2 (2464)

    In this episode of Next Level University, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros break down how self-belief shapes identity, learning, and long-term success. Kevin reflects on an old dream that once felt impossible and reveals the deeper lesson: most limits are accepted internally before reality ever tests them. They discuss fantasy, visualization, rumination, action, insecurity, and the role of better questions in real growth. Belief matters, but only when it turns into skill, consistency, and self-awareness. Belief opens the door. Skill keeps you from getting escorted out. _______________________ Book Alan’s Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-session Join the "Next Level Fitness Accountability Group" – Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ _______________________ NLU is not just a podcast; it’s a gateway to a wealth of resources designed to help you achieve your goals and dreams. From our Next Level Dreamliner to our Group Coaching, we offer a variety of tools and communities to support your personal development journey. For more information, check out our website and socials using the links below. 👇 Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com Instagram: Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/ Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ Facebook: Alan: https://www.facebook.com/alan.lazaros Kevin: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.palmieri.90/ Email: Kevin@nextleveluniverse.com Alan@nextleveluniverse.com LinkedIn: Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/ Alan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ _______________________ Show notes: (3:02) The belief behind the goal (5:27) Self-identity and assumed limits (7:28) Fantasy, visualization, action, and rumination (11:28) Insecurity, questions, and learning (14:28) Why belief creates the need to grow (15:35) Self-awareness makes better coaching possible (19:45) Outro Send a text to Kevin and Alan! 🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros Next Level University is a top-ranked daily podcast for dream chasers and self-improvement lovers. With over 2,100 episodes, we help you level up in life, love, health, and wealth one day at a time. Subscribe for real, honest, no-fluff growth every single day.

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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 habitsScale your effort and incomeCreate deep, aligned relationshipsStay consistent when motivation fadesBuild a life you’re proud of one day at a timeNo fluff. No hype. Just real growth, every single day.Subscribe now and join #NextLevelNation.

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  • Creator
    Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1K
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Next Level University
  • Show Website
    Next Level University

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