
Lewis Raymond Taylor built a $25 million life coaching business by channeling psychopathic traits like manipulation and low fear. He says emotional detachment is an asset, not a liability.
Lewis Raymond Taylor will be the first to tell you he's a psychopath. "I think things. I don't feel," he told Business Insider.
Today, Taylor helps aspiring life coaches build their own businesses through his company, The Coaching Masters. The firm has generated roughly $25 million in revenue since its 2019 founding, he said.
Taylor's path to that number ran through a childhood marked by violence and instability. He spent time in foster care and juvenile detention before a prison sentence in his early 20s forced a reckoning. "I had to figure out how to survive without using my fists," he said.
What he found instead was a knack for reading people and a willingness to act where others hesitated. Those traits, he argues, are the same ones that fit the clinical definition of psychopathy: low empathy, low fear, high manipulation.
"Most people think psychopaths are serial killers," Taylor said. "They're not. They're the guy who closes the deal while everyone else is still thinking about it."
The Coaching Masters sells courses and coaching programs that teach students how to attract clients, structure offers, and scale. Taylor said the business runs on a lean team and high margins, with most of the work done through recorded content and group calls.
Critics have questioned whether his methods encourage aggressive sales tactics. Taylor dismissed the concern. "I teach people to be direct and confident," he said. "If that makes someone uncomfortable, that's their problem."
He has also faced legal scrutiny. A former client sued Taylor in 2022, alleging the program failed to deliver promised results. The case was settled out of court. Taylor declined to discuss the terms.
Taylor said his emotional detachment is an asset, not a liability. "I don't get attached to outcomes," he said. "If a deal falls through, I move on. That's not cold. That's efficient."
He acknowledged the label carries a stigma. "I'm not saying everyone should be a psychopath," he said. "But if you're one, don't hide it. Use it."
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