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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 - Intro2:05 - Amobi’s journey getting to the MLS & USL3:57 - Responsibility & leadership from being a 1st born child6:38 - What is “A Frugal Athlete” & why Amobi founded it8:40 - Humility & Frugality; Know yourself & your goals 1st, then get to the topic of $10:51 - Importance of multiple streams of income for athletes14:20 - Priority management & championing the schedule of a pro soccer athlete19:23 - What playing in the MLS is like21:20 - Sports as a microcosm of society, values learned from sport that can be applied across personal & professional life23:58 - What it was like being an MLS Players Association Rep, navigating a new CBA & avoiding strike27:00 - The many opportunities to work in the Sports world/ business side for people interested in working in sports30:55 - Post-career for athletes — finding passion outside of your Sport33:25 - Being authentic and genuine35:33 - Austin Bold & Austin FC bringing more soccer to the region37:17 - Outro Podcast info:Podcast website: https://smartalecshow.comRSS feed: feed:https://feeds.simplecast.com/ngBH2BfMSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/634MOIW582k2STgC06Rvl9?si=Zr4Fmx2nR6mqaeWNpFCfQQ&dl_branch=1Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smart-alec-show/id1577614268Amazon 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/1alecalvarezLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesmartalec/ Connect with Amobi on social:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amobisays/ ; @amobisaysLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/okugoWebsite: 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
