{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmartalecshow.com%2Fepisodes%2Fsmartalecshow-amobi-okugo-cTNCvOIS","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#1 - Amobi Okugo: Playing in MLS, Financial Literacy for Athletes, Values","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/12de7050-cd8b-4636-8006-7988c2ccc03c/cf311986-ad16-4c12-9eb1-4cda32e822f6/amobi-okugo-frugal-athlete-mls.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/4c3c9bd9-789a-455e-b00f-a6f4ae7cb76b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#1 - Amobi Okugo: Playing in MLS, Financial Literacy for Athletes, Values\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"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\n\n\nOUTLINE:\n0:00 - Intro\n2:05 - Amobi’s journey getting to the MLS & USL\n3:57 - Responsibility & leadership from being a 1st born child \n6:38 - What is “A Frugal Athlete” & why Amobi founded it \n8:40 - Humility & Frugality; Know yourself & your goals 1st, then get to the topic of $ \n10:51 - Importance of multiple streams of income for athletes\n14:20 - Priority management & championing the schedule of a pro soccer athlete \n19:23 - What playing in the MLS is like\n21:20 - Sports as a microcosm of society, values learned from sport that can be applied across personal & professional life\n23:58 - What it was like being an MLS Players Association Rep, navigating a new CBA & avoiding strike\n27:00 - The many opportunities to work in the Sports world/ business side for people interested in working in sports\n30:55 - Post-career for athletes — finding passion outside of your Sport\n33:25 - Being authentic and genuine\n35:33 - Austin Bold & Austin FC bringing more soccer to the region\n37:17 - Outro\n\nPodcast info:\n- Podcast website: https://smartalecshow.com \n- RSS feed: feed:https://feeds.simplecast.com/ngBH2BfM \n- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/634MOIW582k2STgC06Rvl9?si=Zr4Fmx2nR6mqaeWNpFCfQQ&dl_branch=1 \n- Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smart-alec-show/id1577614268 \n- Amazon Music & Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/96993c84-1664-4a67-921d-9b731fbdca99\n\nConnect with Alec on Social: \n- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realsmartalec/ \n- Twitter: https://twitter.com/1alecalvarez \n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesmartalec/ \n\nConnect with Amobi on social:\n- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amobisays/ ; @amobisays\n- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/okugo\n- Website: https://www.amobiokugo.com \n\n\nQuotes — “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\n\n\n\n\nRecorded in November 2020"}