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The Mike Litton Experience

From Chaos to Purpose: Michael Shaw’s Journey of Mindset, Grit & Reinvention

The Mike Litton Experience

Mike Litton

Business, Kids & Family, Parenting, Careers

5.01.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Join host Mike Litton on The Mike Litton Experience as we sit down with Michael Shaw—entrepreneur, elite performance coach, founder of Michael Shaw Mindset, and a man whose story of resilience, reinvention, and service has transformed countless lives.

In this powerful episode, Michael takes us from his early years in the Bronx and Queens, through the challenges of a violent home, to becoming a successful entrepreneur who built multiple businesses from scratch—including New York Personal Training in Manhattan.

You’ll hear how he turned personal tragedy, financial uncertainty, and life-changing setbacks into the foundation of a thriving coaching philosophy. Michael now helps high achievers, leaders, and young adults break mental barriers and build powerful identities rooted in clarity, values, and purpose.

What You’ll Gain From Watching:
✔ A masterclass on mindset, personal transformation, and resilience
✔ Real strategies for overcoming anxiety, fear, and identity struggle
✔ Inspiration for anyone reinventing themselves at any age
✔ Insights into coaching, entrepreneurship, and human behavior
✔ The importance of “jumping first and building your wings on the way down”

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👉 Connect with Michael Shaw: Instagram @michaelshaw.mindset
👉 Learn more: michaelshawmindset.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

And they said, how did you do this?

0:01.5

And I just said, I asked.

0:04.0

And that, again, that was a lesson that I learned that like, you know, sometimes all you

0:09.3

have to do is ask, right?

0:11.5

And you have to have the foresight to do that.

0:17.2

And you've got to have the courage of the conviction but I knew I was good at what I did

0:22.4

I just grew up with in my mind with no fear of trying anything I was I remember my grandfather saying

0:28.7

to me I dare to tread where angels fear I think I was about eight years old when he told me that

0:37.1

you know which translated later in life for me me to jump first and build your wings on the way down.

0:43.7

You know, so I always was into something, always starting some kind of money-making opportunity.

0:50.7

And I'm one of these people who just feel everybody's pain.

1:12.3

But, you know, and I want one of these people who just feel everybody's pain, but, you know, and, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I just started, I, I started studying everything I could about the mental journey and the mindset journey that we all take.

1:19.9

And what I realized as I was studying and getting certified in this was that most of what I was reading, I wasn't learning.

1:24.3

Human body is the same.

1:26.4

It's very similar for me with coaching.

1:32.6

And where I differ from therapy, right, and from many other coaches.

1:41.1

But you know how when you go to see a therapist,

1:45.4

usually go to see a therapist because something is broken, right?

1:49.2

You feel something's broken.

1:50.4

And the therapist treat you as such where they very often have a scale from negative

1:55.1

five to positive five.

1:57.2

And zero is, is the starting point.

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