Self-made Man Explains How You Must Think to Win | Everette Taylor
From Tom Bilyeu's Mindset Playbook by Impact Theory
February 23, 2026 · 44 min
About this episode
Everette Taylor shares his journey from homelessness to becoming a successful entrepreneur and discusses the mindset needed to achieve success.
Before you conclude that circumstances prevent you from success, you might want to listen to what Everette Taylor has to say. Here is a man who was homeless, who first learned business from drug dealers, and who then started multiple multi-million dollar companies. He is now one of the most successful and recognized entrepreneurs under 30. How did he get there? On this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Everette Taylor shows how you can learn anything you want to learn if you are willing to truly listen to people and then put in the work. SHOW NOTES: Relentless is Everette’s favorite word [3:05] Everette tells the story of being homeless and losing everything [4:39] Embracing reality means actually finding a solution [6:51] Everette and Tom discuss learning entrepreneurship from hustlers and drug dealers [8:04] Tom asks Everette why the same poverty that breaks other people propelled him [14:11] Everette explains why he needed to see entrepreneurs who looked like him [17:11] Everette talks about the importance of emotional intelligence [19:00] Everette advocates that you can learn anything you want to learn [20:59] Everette says helping people is his deepest motivation…
People in this episode
Host: Tom Bilyeu
Guest: Everette Taylor
Topics covered
- entrepreneurship
- overcoming adversity
- emotional intelligence
- learning
- success mindset
Keywords
- success
- entrepreneurship
- homelessness
- emotional intelligence
- learning
- motivation
- business
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Impact Theory
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