Tune into Episode 10 to learn from Krysia Sikora, Duke graduate, professional soccer player, incoming Master’s student, dog sledder, Polish language student and great friend. 

Krysia has been a friend to me for many years now. We both played soccer at Duke University and were freshman roommates. Little did I know that this California girl who was my freshman roommate would become such a close friend to me over the years. She has inspired me, comforted me and challenged my mind to learn and grow. 

Krysia is the definition of a risk taker. She is always open to try new things. If you have an idea and want to try it you can count on Krysia to try it with you. This is an admirable characteristic and one I try to imitate. In the spirit of adventure, Krysia moved to Poland to play professional soccer after graduating and finishing her college career at Duke University. Over the past two years she has played on two different professional teams. She just won the Polish Championship this past Saturday. 

Krysia is taking her skills from the field back to the classroom. She is attending Georgetown University in the fall pursuing a Masters.

“We are going to be playing against some of the best players in the world… we were so stoked.”

Krysia loves competition.

“You have to struggle to learn a new language and if you embrace the struggle you kind of embrace the fact that you are going to make mistakes every single day.”

Krysia has learned to fail, teaching her to succeed.  

“Sports has made me stronger. It has created a tenacious personality with in me. You’re not going to be successful overnight. it takes time.”

Krysia has tenacity and perseverance. 

I’m excited to share this episode with you. As a disclaimer, we were in a coffee shop in Denmark when we recorded this episode. We were having great conversations and I wanted to record. 

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MALINDA ALLEN
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Music:
Intro: "Wonton Soup" by Audiobinger is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License
Outro: "Out Cold" by Yung Kartz is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License