Next Level Podcast with Jeremy Miner

A handful of legitimate NLP-derived tactics surface (chunking up/down to defuse disagreement, universal quantifiers as conflict triggers, 'presenting problem' concept, the 'pretend you know' elicitation technique), but they are buried under 73 minutes of political tangents, lengthy personal anecdotes, and mutual validation. Insight-to-filler ratio is poor for the runtime.

“There's a technical term we use for these kind of words. Always. Never, never, ever. Everybody, everyone. Uh, the term we use is universal quantifiers.”

“can you pretend, you know... Result more than 90% of the time. And the answer is real.”

Almost every framework cited is drawn directly from Cialdini, Covey, or standard NLP canon with minimal original synthesis. The episode recycles well-worn concepts (rapport, social proof, 'seek first to understand') without adding a fresh angle or contrarian argument.

“like Stephen R. Covey says, you know, seven highly habits of highly effective families or whatever... he says, you know, first seek to understand and then be understood.”

“one of the greatest books, I would say, is Influence M by Cialdini”

Both participants are communication and sales coaches running training companies, not senior B2B operators with documented at-scale results in product, revenue, or enterprise leadership. Reg Malhotra's NLP and hypnotherapy practice is relevant but niche, and the episode lacks the credentialing detail a B2B operator would need to assess his authority.

“I personally work with elite level athletes, uh, CEOs, business owners, salespeople as well, who want to get more out of themselves who are getting stuck or getting held back.”

“I run a company called Neuromasters Academy, uh, and we essentially help a lot of people overcome their personal problems.”

Concrete figures are sparse and largely self-referential; the one hard number is Jeremy's own testimonial count. Most illustrative examples are invented hypotheticals (speeding son, trash dispute, dating scenarios) rather than real named cases with outcomes. The '90% of the time' claim for the 'pretend you know' technique is asserted with no supporting evidence.

“a little bit under 24,000 testimonials in the last four years”

“Result more than 90% of the time. And the answer is real.”

Jeremy poses some structured topic questions, but repeatedly takes over with extended personal monologues (Russia/NATO, presidential politics, his divorces, his girlfriend's experience in Miami) that consume guest airtime. There is essentially no pushback or stress-testing of the guest's claims, making the episode feel like a mutual appreciation session rather than a probing interview.

“What's a magic phrase you can use to get anyone to tell you the truth? Like magical phrases that you can get somebody to open up and tell you the truth.”

“Yeah. And it doesn't mean that you, you know, like, let's say you're wiser than them... So it's almost like you can listen to what they say and take it in and then offer like a different perspective.”