Amobi Okugo is a professional soccer player, serial entrepreneur, learned academic, and sports biz professional. His startup "A Frugal Athlete" is helping athletes by educating them on financial literacy and prudence along with ways to monetize off their skillsets, brand, and much more. Check out his startup at www.afrugathlete.com OUTLINE: 0:00 - Intro 2:05 - Amobi’s journey getting to the MLS & USL 3:57 - Responsibility & leadership from being a 1st born child 6:38 - What is “A Frugal Athlete” & why Amobi founded it 8:40 - Humility & Frugality; Know yourself & your goals 1st, then get to the topic of $ 10:51 - Importance of multiple streams of income for athletes 14:20 - Priority management & championing the schedule of a pro soccer athlete 19:23 - What playing in the MLS is like 21:20 - Sports as a microcosm of society, values learned from sport that can be applied across personal & professional life 23:58 - What it was like being an MLS Players Association Rep, navigating a new CBA & avoiding strike 27:00 - The many opportunities to work in the Sports world/ business side for people interested in working in sports 30:55 - Post-career for athletes — finding passion outside of your Sport 33:25 - Being authentic and genuine 35:33 - Austin Bold & Austin FC bringing more soccer to the region 37:17 - Outro Podcast info: - Podcast website: https://smartalecshow.com - RSS feed: feed:https://feeds.simplecast.com/ngBH2BfM - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/634MOIW582k2STgC06Rvl9?si=Zr4Fmx2nR6mqaeWNpFCfQQ&dl_branch=1 - Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smart-alec-show/id1577614268 - Amazon Music & Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/96993c84-1664-4a67-921d-9b731fbdca99 Connect with Alec on Social: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realsmartalec/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/1alecalvarez - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesmartalec/ Connect with Amobi on social: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amobisays/ ; @amobisays - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/okugo - Website: https://www.amobiokugo.com Quotes — “When it’s all said and done do you want to be remembered as the warning or do you want to be remembered as the example.” — Amobi Okugo Recorded in November 2020
Amobi Okugo is a professional soccer player, serial entrepreneur, learned academic, and sports biz professional. His startup "A Frugal Athlete" is helping athletes by educating them on financial literacy and prudence along with ways to monetize off their skillsets, brand, and much more. Check out his startup at www.afrugathlete.com
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Intro
2:05 - Amobi’s journey getting to the MLS & USL
3:57 - Responsibility & leadership from being a 1st born child
6:38 - What is “A Frugal Athlete” & why Amobi founded it
8:40 - Humility & Frugality; Know yourself & your goals 1st, then get to the topic of $
10:51 - Importance of multiple streams of income for athletes
14:20 - Priority management & championing the schedule of a pro soccer athlete
19:23 - What playing in the MLS is like
21:20 - Sports as a microcosm of society, values learned from sport that can be applied across personal & professional life
23:58 - What it was like being an MLS Players Association Rep, navigating a new CBA & avoiding strike
27:00 - The many opportunities to work in the Sports world/ business side for people interested in working in sports
30:55 - Post-career for athletes — finding passion outside of your Sport
33:25 - Being authentic and genuine
35:33 - Austin Bold & Austin FC bringing more soccer to the region
37:17 - Outro
Podcast info:
Connect with Alec on Social:
Connect with Amobi on social:
Quotes — “When it’s all said and done do you want to be remembered as the warning or do you want to be remembered as the example.” — Amobi Okugo
Recorded in November 2020
Amobi Okugo is a professional soccer player, serial entrepreneur, learned academic, and sports biz professional. His startup "A Frugal Athlete" is helping athletes by educating them on financial literacy and prudence along with ways to monetize off their skillsets, brand, and much more. Check out his startup at www.afrugathlete.com
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Intro
2:05 - Amobi’s journey getting to the MLS & USL
3:57 - Responsibility & leadership from being a 1st born child
6:38 - What is “A Frugal Athlete” & why Amobi founded it
8:40 - Humility & Frugality; Know yourself & your goals 1st, then get to the topic of $
10:51 - Importance of multiple streams of income for athletes
14:20 - Priority management & championing the schedule of a pro soccer athlete
19:23 - What playing in the MLS is like
21:20 - Sports as a microcosm of society, values learned from sport that can be applied across personal & professional life
23:58 - What it was like being an MLS Players Association Rep, navigating a new CBA & avoiding strike
27:00 - The many opportunities to work in the Sports world/ business side for people interested in working in sports
30:55 - Post-career for athletes — finding passion outside of your Sport
33:25 - Being authentic and genuine
35:33 - Austin Bold & Austin FC bringing more soccer to the region
37:17 - Outro
Podcast info:
Connect with Alec on Social:
Connect with Amobi on social:
Quotes — “When it’s all said and done do you want to be remembered as the warning or do you want to be remembered as the example.” — Amobi Okugo
Recorded in November 2020