 What's going on Dylan to be progressive soccer? Thank you for watching this video. I'm calling this eight secrets I wish all footballers knew and if you're looking for some cool new tricks to show off on the field This video is not for you. We're not even gonna see a ball. You're not gonna see any green grass. This is all classroom This is all life lessons. I've learned playing this game This is valuable information a real talk that I want you to take to improve Your rate of development become faster way better to have way more success in this game But also improve the quality of your life be a happier more successful person So if that appeals to you in any way, I want you to keep watching this video But I mean real players with real vision who want to see real results If you want tricks and flicks this video is not for you this channel is not for you You need to go somewhere else but if you're really Serious about your future and you're willing to sit and listen to My experience listen to my knowledge and actually take that information and apply it then this video is for you And let's get into it right now And it's so important that you take this information you actually apply it How many times have you read a book or watched a video and you're like wow, that's some great information I need to start doing that and then you look back in two months or even two weeks And you're like, you know what I didn't do anything that I said I was going to do so Implementation is so important knowledge is not power knowledge plus action knowledge put into action now That's real power. So let's go through these eight secrets. They're eight principles that transcend football They're gonna help you yes in football, but they're gonna help you in every single area of your life and number one I need to know this it is Possible what it was. What does that mean? What do you mean? It is possible. What do you want to achieve? Well, most players they either want to sign a professional contract. They want to earn a college scholarship They want to play for a higher level team and whatever else you want to achieve in this game I want you to know that it is possible someone else did it you can do it And I need you to look at that at a very basic level if someone else can do it if someone else is currently doing this Why can't I do it? You look at these professional players or someone who earned a college scholarship Do they have two feet? Do they have two legs two arms a head and a heart? Do you possess those tools? Well, if they can do it, why can't you now? do certain Circumstances make it harder for someone else to achieve that goal than another. Yes 100% Location that you live in the country that you live in your nationality Your financial situation these all have an influence on your ability to make it now Does that mean it's impossible? No, okay? Look at your country How many players from your country have gone on to become professional or how many people in your city? Your friends even are earning college scholarships or doing the things that you want to do, okay? Just because it's harder doesn't mean it's impossible But you complaining about your financial situation you complaining that nobody supports you with your dreams You complaining about the country that you live in that's not going to help you achieve your goal Is it the reality? Yes, doesn't make it harder. Yes, but complaining about it. It doesn't help Okay, so just understand the system understand the obstacles and work around it use it as motivation, but it is Possible now going forward if you want to make it possible. I need you to understand that Chances are not given chances are created No one's gonna come to you just because you're good enough and say hey Here's a contract you get a play for Manchester United right now It doesn't work like that. No one's coming to find you in the park You have to go out there and create your own chances So stop waiting for someone to come and find you and start putting yourself in the situations where you can be found I hope that makes sense Do not sit around waiting for things to happen. You have to go out and make things happen So if we're talking specifically and I want to give you a few like actionable tips If we're talking specifically about becoming a professional player I don't just sit around and think that I'm good enough and someone's gonna come and find me Okay, I need to take action. I need to look at my contacts Do I know anyone in my city? Do I know anyone in my family? Do I know anyone in my friend circle? Do I know anyone in the football community that has gone on to achieve the goals that I want to achieve? How did they do it? Take the steps backwards see where they are and ask, okay Where did they start and what steps did they take to get there and do I know any contacts that can help me? Do the same thing can you get yourself an agent now in order to do that you need video highlight video you need a Sweet short and sweet resume a CV whatever you want to call it You need to have a piece of information whether it's digital or physical that shows who you are just because you contact someone say Hey, I'm a good player. They do not care. You need to prove it with your resume with your highlight video You need to go to combines. You need to go to open tryouts. Does it cost money? Yes But is it better than sitting at home thinking that someone's gonna come find you 100% a Combine might be a collection of let's say like 30 players But there's also 10 coaches there from different from 10 different clubs looking for players in specific situations Open trial might just be one team Hosting open trial. They might not take anyone from that trial. They might take one player out of 500 But is it better than say at home saying all That'll never work or that's a waste of time. That's a waste of money. It's experience It's putting yourself in the right situations the opportunity to network and to make connections But the bottom line if you want to Play professional or you want to have a college scholarship Even want to play on a higher level team. Don't just sit there expecting the chances to come to you chances are not given chances are created You create your own chances by taking action Few players make it in this game. Hey, there's millions of players around the world who want to become a professional What makes you any different than them? It should start with here. Your mentality should make it should be the difference for you That's what needs to get you started But number one never stop improving if you're of the mindset world. Oh, I'm good enough to play at that level. You're not I'm telling you right now. I need to slap you in the face through this through this Video camera through this TV screen whatever you're watching on and I need you to wake up If you think you're good enough, you're not the best players in the world. No that they're still not good enough That's why they're so good. They never stop improving. They're always identifying weaknesses They're always focusing on things that they can improve never stop improving the game is so much more fun when every time you step on The field you're better than you were last week. So if you're of the mindset of I'm good enough You need to stop that you're never good enough. It's okay to be happy about your accomplishments It's okay to have self-esteem and confidence in your ability But the best players and you want to be one of the best players know that they're never good enough good enough Is not a word that they use it's not a phrase that they use never stop improving keep taking action Do not give up you may need to get 100 no's before you get one yes And if you're gonna let those no's Discourage you and make you quit then you're never going to make it It's not possible for you because you're weak-minded Okay, you have to understand the no is part of it and no Doesn't mean never no means not yet No means you're not good enough yet if you go to a tryout and you get cut That doesn't mean you'll never be good enough if you quit you'll never be good enough That means just right now currently you're not good enough. Do you have the ability to improve? Yes, it is possible number one It is possible. It's impossible for you to achieve or sorry. It is possible for you to achieve It's possible for you to improve so no doesn't mean never it means not yet It means keep working it means keep taking action It means keep learning means keep failing failing your way forward keep getting shut down So one day you get that yes because in the end really all you need is one Yes, and that gets your foot in the door and then you've got that opportunity you treat you created that chance yourself by taking action But bottom line it's not about The goals that you achieve it's about who you become in pursuit of those goals And what I mean by that is like let's say because I know it's a scary thing to say Oh, I'm gonna try to be your professional, but what if it doesn't work out? Well, guess what if it doesn't work out? You're not gonna regret trying I promise you that because you will become such a stronger person mentally such a better person Of that because of the chances that you took because of the opportunities that you seek the situations You put yourself in you kept trying to improve you built resilience you built persistence you built discipline You built all these life skills you you networked you met people you went to new places You had great experiences you will not regret trying even if you failed at the end of our lives What do they say the only things they regret are the things they didn't do the things they didn't try to do So I promise you if you work for it and you put all this energy and effort into it And it doesn't work out you will not regret it You'll be happy that you did it because it made you a better person at the end of the day So I guess I have to address like if I know all this information. Why am I not a professional? I did I did have a college scholarship. I do have I did play for the Canadian national football team I got two caps as a cool experience really random But that happened and I've always played on high-level teams, so I've achieved those but I never became a professional So if I know all this information, how come I'm not a pro? Well, the truth is I did not know this information When I was younger, I wish I did this is why I'm making this video right now to share this information with the youth to share this information with people who are passionate and Even if I pick up this information while I was younger in my early 20s and knew what I knew now Then I could have done it also some life experience. I had kids very young I had businesses and my life was good. It's not like I had a bad life I was very happy in the life that I was living so that's kind of where I was at but bottom line When I was 16 basically they fed into our minds We were getting misinformed that if you're not a professional by 16 if you're not in Europe by 16 You might as well give up That's what they said that was the message in our heads and we believed it But I need you to know that it is possible and even if you're not a pro at 16 You can still become one by 21 even by 23 now the longer you wait the harder it gets. Yes 100% but Just because you don't make it at 16 doesn't mean it's over it means keep trying it means keep learning and guess what? Playing professional doesn't mean that you play for Barcelona It means you can play in Lithuania Division 3 and still get your life paid for it still get your living pay for through the game of football How awesome is that okay? So there's different levels of professional and the life experiences that come through pursuing your goals That's the most valuable thing. Let's move on. Sorry one more thing. I want to give you actionable steps So with this and you can pause this video right now if you need to number one I need you to set a goal so set a long-term goal if you want to break it down to those three Maybe you want to play pro. Maybe you want to earn a college scholarship. Maybe you just want to make a higher-level team in Your city. What's your long-term goal? I'm talking about The big one the big one that would really make you happy if you achieved it be realistic And it's okay if you don't want to be a pro if you just want to play in your local city and be the man be the woman In your local city. That's cool goal as well We all have different goals and we all have different realities not all of us are meant to play professional football Some of us only have the ability to play at a certain level But that doesn't mean that we stop improving and stop pursuing and stop challenging ourselves So I want you to make one long-term goal and I want you to make one short-term goal for this season So maybe that can be I want to score 10 goals where I want to go to this trial and I want to make this team I want to I want to play. I want to play Every single game this season without getting injured something like that make a short-term goal for this season So one long-term goal one short-term goal You can pause it right now and write those down or we can move forward number two I need you to know I need you to know all these things, but seriously number two