#184 - Dan Shapiro on Chess, Confidence, and Kids Who Don't Fit the Mold

The Personal Success Podcast with Ryan Watts · Aug 17, 2026 · 1h 2m

Not every kid finds their confidence on a field, a stage, or a court. Dan Shapiro's son found his across sixty-four squares. Dan Shapiro has spent nearly three decades in the investment industry. When remote school arrived in 2020, he and his wife started noticing things in their younger son that were hard to watch. Distraction that would not lift. Not responding to his name. Walking in circles in his room. The family went looking for help and came back with a term Dan had never heard before: twice exceptional. Bright kids whose brains work differently, and who are very capable, but for whom…