I treated my team like family. That is a terrible idea. Despite what every leadership book tells you, that is the worst advice ever. Goals first. Team second.

Alan Lazaros said that in the first 10 seconds of this conversation. He meant every word of it. Alan is the CEO and co-host of Next Level University, a daily self-improvement podcast with 2,271+ episodes, a 20-person remote team, and coaching clients he's worked with for up to seven years. He came from a tough childhood, no father, went broke starting his business, and built it back on one foundation: old-school fundamentals that most people are too entitled, too

distracted, or too afraid to follow.

In this episode, he talks about community building, remote leadership, personal branding, and why in a world full of AI bots and fake Instagram jets, the only thing that actua ...