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Ret Taylor: Your Childhood Taught You Money is Pain

For founders and high achievers rethinking what money is for.

Mike Brown with Ret Taylor, Founder of a natural remedies company · Aug 1, 2025 · 55 min

About this episode

At ten, standing in a cold bus station, Ret Taylor vowed to escape scarcity. He built, scaled and exited a natural remedies company, then on Denali admitted he was idolizing the wrong thing.

He and Mike talk about passion versus alignment, the zone of competence, and letting go of the oars.

More from Money Stories: all episodes. Mike’s book Be Rich Now covers the same ground in depth.