The Importance of Football in My Life

An MRI that disclosed you had torn your ACL in a game changed his perspective on life. He realized he wanted to live a good life with or without football. That realization ultimately made him think about finances a lot differently once he got in college, leveraging his education.

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Robert Leonard chats with Devon Kennard about designing your game plan for financial success, including what financial success actual means, how it plays into having a happy life, whether net worth or cash flow is more important, what a money personality is, how the conversations around money have changed in professional sports, and much, much more.

Devon Kennard is an NFL player, entrepreneur, and real estate investor. He was also nominated for the prestigious Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 2019.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

06:24 - What financial success means.

15:44 - How the conversations around money have changed in professional sports.

29:01 - How financial success plays into a happy life overall.

37:56 - What a money personality is.

58:19 - Whether net worth or cash flow is more important.

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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Related Episode: Listen to REI152: NFL’ER Has Time for Real Estate, so Do You w/ Devon Kennard, or watch the video.

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