Left for Dead, Raised by Hustle: How to Win When Life Breaks You! Feat. Tiki Davis

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Aug 12, 2025

Tiki Davis, a two-time college graduate, millionaire, and inspirational speaker, shares his incredible journey from a traumatic childhood to achieving success. He discusses how to turn pain into power, illustrating the importance of resilience and mentorship in his life. Tiki opens up about his experiences with poverty and incarceration, emphasizing the mindset shifts that helped him rebuild. He inspires listeners to take personal responsibility and to view their struggles as opportunities for transformation, proving that it's never too late to rewrite your story.

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Mixed Birth And Family Rejection

Tiki Davis was born to a mother working as a prostitute and delivered by a hospital physician.
He was given to his grandmother soon after birth, starting a life of instability and fractured identity.

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Surviving A Knife Attack At Nine

A man broke into Tiki Davis's home, strangled him, and stabbed him in the neck with a screwdriver when he was nine.
He hid under the bed, fought for his life, and survived after neighbors called an ambulance.

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Hustle Learned From Candy Sales

Tiki Davis sold candy to save money but returned home to find his mother had taken his $380.
That theft taught him to carry cash, hustle differently, and protect his own income.

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From the Streets to the Boardroom: How Tiki Davis Turned Pain into Power

Some people get knocked down and never recover. Others get knocked down, rise up, and change the game. My brother Tiki Davis is one of the rare ones who took every single setback—poverty, injustice, incarceration—and turned it into the fuel that built his empire. And in this conversation, we go deep into the truth about what it really takes to rise when the odds are stacked against you.

Tiki’s story isn’t just about going from nothing to something—it’s about the man he had to become in the process. We talk about his early years in the roughest parts of West Texas, the moment he found himself behind bars, and the choice he made to rewrite his own future. He opens up about the mentors who poured into him, the faith that kept him moving, and the grit it took to rebuild a life from scratch when everyone counted him out.

What hits you when you hear Tiki speak is that this isn’t theory—this is lived experience. We talk about what it’s like to carry the weight of your past into every room, and how to turn that weight into the thing that makes you unshakable. Tiki shares the mindset shifts that helped him transform his identity, build multiple businesses, and become a force for change in his community.

If you’ve ever felt written off, if you’ve been told you’re too far gone, or if life has hit you harder than you think you can stand—this episode is proof that your story is not over. Tiki’s life is a reminder that pain is a classroom, faith is a compass, and resilience is a choice you get to make every single day.

Key Takeaways:

How to turn your past struggles into the foundation for future success
The moment Tiki decided to rewrite his story and walk a new path
The role of faith and mentorship in overcoming impossible odds
How to use pain as fuel instead of letting it become your prison
Why your identity—not your circumstances—defines your destiny
The mindset shifts that can turn a setback into a setup for greatness

Your circumstances don’t get the final say—you do. Listen now, and let this story light a fire in you.

— Max Out.

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