How to Reinvent Yourself and Find Purpose with Nick Shelton
In this episode of Wild Enthusiasm for Living, I sit down with Nick Shelton, speaker, coach, and creator of The Reset Button. We explore what it really means to reinvent yourself when your old life doesn’t fit anymore, especially after hitting a personal or professional milestone that was supposed to feel like “success," but leaves you feeling lost instead.
Nick shares his story of retiring early from a high-powered career in the oil and gas industry, only to find himself struggling with identity, purpose, and depression. What he discovered next became the foundation of The Reset Button, a process designed to help you reimagine your life, find your new purpose, and create a life that genuinely lights you up.
We talk about how to find your “second mission” in life, what purpose actually looks like when you don’t have one, and how showing up in new spaces, even awkwardly, is often the first step toward a more meaningful life. If you’re feeling stuck, directionless, or like you’ve outgrown the person you were, this conversation is for you.
About Nick:
Nick Shelton is a bestselling author, TEDx speaker, international speaker, and former petroleum chemist who has reinvented himself more than once. After serving in the U.S. Air Force and building a decades-long career in the oil and gas industry, Nick retired early at 49, only to discover that freedom without purpose can feel like a slow collapse.
That crisis led him to rebuild his identity from the ground up, creating a six-phase framework that gave him back clarity, confidence, and direction.
Today, he’s the creator of The Reset Button, a reinvention protocol for accomplished men navigating retirement, major career shifts, or life transitions who find themselves asking: What’s next?
Nick is also the author of the best-selling book An Introvert’s Guide to World Domination, where he helped thousands of quiet professionals thrive in a noisy world. His work has been featured on stages, in university classrooms, and in global podcasts.
