Self Accountability: Patience Is Key, Reminder: We’re Playing MSL! | #AskASoccerPro Show Ep. 18

In the #AskASoccerPro Show 11 year MLS vet Quincy Amarikwa breaks down the MSL (Mental Strength League), an ongoing game that he believes he and everyone else is a conscious or unconscious participant. This is a philosophy and mindset he has developed, refined and implemented over the course of his life and what he attributes to finding success in his personal, business, team and soccer endeavors… Resulting in the creation of the “Amarikwa Process.” A 7-step process Quincy refers to when tackling any endeavor or meeting new, temporary obstacles.

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In today’s episode:

Time Stamp

00:00 - 04:24 - Introduction

04:45 - 08:03 - Step 3: Self-accountability

09:17 - 11:21 - Hold accountable on the things you hate doing

11:46 - 15:11 - Friendly reminder: We’re playing the MSL

16:19 - 17:26 - Falling back in school, too focused on soccer

18:52 - 22:18 - Break down your goals

23:34 - 27:10 - Do pros have free time?

29:15 - 31:31 - Training as a youth player

31:41 - 34:59 - Useless information is an expense

35:22 - 39:26 - It depends on the perspective you take

42:18 - 45:51 - Not getting enough playtime?

50:52 - 52:50 - The truth hurts

53:41 - 58:39 - Patience is key

Best Quotes From Episode: 

1. No one should want to achieve your goals more than you should want to for yourself.

2. If you enjoy doing something, at the very least find a way to make it more than just entertainment

3. What separates the players that progress from the players that regress, is procrastination.  

4. If you can learn to find purpose and a point of view that will be beneficial to you in the future, every piece of information you take in is potentially useful. 

5. If things out of your control are holding you back, you have one option: accept it and decide if the outcome is worth it or not. If it is, stop complaining, if it isn’t, find something else.

6. Slow and steady wins the race, the problem is, people want to win now at the expense of being able to also win later.

7. MSL of the day: Even when I lose, I win! Optimistic futurist!

8. Reaching a 10-year goal is not achievable, work backwards to break it down to actionable steps starting with day 1

9. The little things do matter, because over a longer period of time, those little things add up into exponential results. And if you think the little things don’t matter, then why not do them anyway. They don’t matter right? So there should be a problem to do it.

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