# Overcoming Adversity | From Addiction to Building Redcon1

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Podcast: [Determined Society with Shawn French | Adversity & Mindset](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-determined-society-with-shawn-french-mindset-adversity-growth-3702444)
Published: 2026-05-25T12:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3640

## Resource

Aaron Singerman built REDCON1 into one of the fastest-growing supplement brands in the world — sold in 80+ countries, stocked in every major U.S. retailer, and carried on military bases worldwide. What most people don't know is what it cost him to get there: heroin addiction, the violent death of a loved one, a federal conviction, and 11 months in prison. This is the unfiltered story of a man who lost everything more than once and built something greater every single time.

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