Never Give Up When Life Gives You Every Reason To Quit—Michael Leung | Ep 252

In this episode of Relatable Wisdom, I’m joined by Michael Leung, founder and CEO of The Flow Group, who shares the powerful life lesson behind his story: “Never give up.” Michael opens up about immigrating to Canada as a child, losing his mother at a young age, and how that loss shaped many difficult years of anger, bad decisions, and searching for direction.

We talk about what it means to keep going when life feels unfair, and Michael reflects on the turning points that helped him change his path, including the relationship that pushed him to stop wasting his life and start seeing more in himself. He also shares how his experience with partial blindness and retinitis pigmentosa eventually influenced his desire to build something meaningful.

Michael’s company, The Flow Group, is creating assistive hearing technology designed to make hearing support more affordable, accessible, and comfortable for people who need it. In this conversation, we explore the connection between personal struggle and purposeful work, the importance of accessibility, and why failure can become part of the path to success.

Listeners will come away with a reminder that being an underdog does not mean your story is over. Sometimes the same pain that almost breaks you can become the reason you build something that helps other people feel included, supported, and seen.

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Connect With Michael Leung
Website: https://www.theinnerflo.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theflogroup

Chapters
00:00 Introduction And Welcome
00:23 Meet Michael Leung
00:42 Michael’s Quote On Never Giving Up
01:10 Moving To Canada And Starting Over
02:15 Losing His Mother And How Grief Changed Him
04:05 Struggling Through Anger, Fighting, And Bad Decisions
06:10 The Turning Point That Helped Him Change Direction
07:40 How Travel Shifted His Perspective
09:05 Starting The Flow Group
10:30 Creating Assistive Hearing Technology
12:15 Living With Partial Blindness
14:00 Retinitis Pigmentosa And Adjusting To Vision Loss
16:05 How Personal Struggle Inspired The Business
18:10 Why Accessibility And Affordability Matter
20:00 Building A Product That Helps People Feel Included
22:15 Facing Business Challenges And Staying Obsessed With The Mission
24:00 Why Failure Is Part Of Success
25:30 Building Trust With Seniors And Underserved Communities
27:00 Where To Learn More About The Flow Group
28:30 Closing And Farewell