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March 17, 2023

Devin Johnson, CEO on Overcoming Adversity

Devin Johnson, CEO on Overcoming Adversity

I had the opportunity to sit down with Devin Johnson, the CEO of Kennected.io a tech company dedicated to people before profits. Devin overcame many challenges in his life to become the leader and successful businessman he is today. Listen to his...

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I had the opportunity to sit down with Devin Johnson, the CEO of Kennected.io a tech company dedicated to people before profits. Devin overcame many challenges in his life to become the leader and successful businessman he is today. Listen to his compelling story and you will be motivated to succeed in your life and profession. A must listen by anyone but esspecially teens seeking direction in their lives. Learn that smart choice made early lead to tremendous success. learn more about Devin at www.admiralsalmanac.com.

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Devin Johnson

CEO, Entrepreneur, Girl Dad

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ญ!

1. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต
2. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด
3. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด

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๐€๐ญ 16 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

My dad was a drug dealer who always told me to stand up for what I believe in.
My younger sister was diagnosed with brain cancer.
My best friend committed suicide.

๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ญ 16 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I had a ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, I was in a dark place BUTโ€ฆ

I knew there were always something that could be done.

All of the sneakers my dad had bought me had value, I had an a-ha moment.

I could FLIP THE SNEAKERS, so I DID.

My school approved me as the sole provider of my household and I started taking half days.

๐€๐ญ 18 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I was โ€œflipping my way through senior year of HSโ€.
I got into ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ by helping people bring other sneaker heads to their events.
I started learning how to sell from Youtube University.

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ญ 18 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I knew there was opportunity, but still had somewhat of a ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต.

๐€๐ญ 19/20 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I Meet Cody Harvey. He mentors me and brings me to the Lord.
My business is expanding rapidly. ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜š๐˜”๐˜”๐˜ˆ. ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด.

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ญ 19/20 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

I learn to leave my ego at the door.
I started to trust God with everything.
I begin to have an ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

๐€๐ญ 21-22 ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐:

Draw the idea for Kennected on a napkin at McAlisterโ€™s.
Put together team and hyperfocused on โ€ฆ Read More