Nathan Andres, tell me about your vision.
My vision is for a world filled with authentically resilient people.
Tell me more about that.
Yeah.
What I mean is, is the world is filled with change and we have a lot of change happening
every day and change comes from water insecurity and agriculture and climate and environment
and sustainability and from interpersonal challenges and relationships.
Every day there's some kind of adversity that we are faced with and authentically resilient
people are able to face in, lean into those adversities and challenges and come out the
other side really strong and also charged up with purpose and the byproduct of that
is really a sense of well-being and joy.
And that's my vision is to create a world one person at a time through the power of
coaching and using authentically resilient powers as a way to make the world a better
place.
That's my vision.
That word authentically resilient, that's a very specific word.
Where did you come up with that?
And where did you come?
I mean, I know it's there, but like how, where did you, like, why did you decide to use those
words?
Well, I think, you know, when I look at my own personal values, authenticity is one that
has played in my life from a very early age to today.
And authenticity is a place that I think we need more of.
The world is living in a place right now with a lot of distraction and, you know, social
media and other places can really cloud our understanding of what it really means to be
authentic.
So I looked at how I've been able to get through my own life's challenges and authenticity
stood out as a value, also as a strength, and also as part of my power to embrace change
and the things that I have endured in my life.
The resilience is kind of also another part of the strength that I think brings credence
to the experiences that I've had in my life.
And I've lived through a lot of disasters, natural disasters, manmade disasters, personal
tragedies, and some other kinds of day to day adversities that we all have, like we
all do experience.
And the reason that these two words kind of came together was I had a teacher once ask
me like, Nathan, how is it that you've lived through all of these natural disasters and
earthquakes and 9-11 and, you know, the tsunamis and other things that have happened around
the world and you've run marathons and you've changed your career to have a really interesting
trajectory?
Like, what do you think is this magic formula that enables you to do so many interesting
things like you have?
And it was the answer, the quest for that answer that led me to resilience.
And as I started to really think through that, I recognized that the combination for me of
being authentic and embracing the power of understanding who I am from the inside out
and the outside in paired with resilience skills has been the kind of power pack combo
that has enabled me to live a really interesting life, but also one that has led me through
great adversities and challenges, but has also led me to live with a lot of well-being
and enjoy.
So I wanted to share those experiences with the world.
And as a result, to be frank with you, I wrote a book about it.
And that is the reason, Detra, for the book that I wrote called Your Real Life.
Those two things, authentic resilience when they're paired together can really enable
anyone to be unstoppable.
Thank you for sharing that.
Could you say that what you shared with me is where your vision came from or is there
a story behind how this vision came about or what's the origination story about that
vision?
Yeah, that's a beautiful question.
Thank you for that.
I think the origination of this vision probably was 12 to 13 years ago.
I was working in human resources in Asia Pacific.
I was just coming out of the natural disaster that was in March of 2011 in Tokyo where there
was a massive earthquake and then the tsunami disaster and then following that, the nuclear
explosion at Fukushima.
And coming out of that experience, I kind of rethought and reflected about what I want
to do.
It's a life changing experience.
What is it that I want to begin to do with my own personal purpose and my mission?
What's my mission?
I was able to step up in a lot of that adversity and show my leadership enabling our business
and our leaders and our employees to find their own sense of resilience.
But after that, I recognized what was my own sense of power.
Where did it come from?
And it was about 12 or 13 years ago where I tapped into this kind of idea that I wanted
to use authenticity in some ways to help influence the world, but also that I've got these magic
skills in resilience, these life lessons and learnings that might be helpful for other
people.
So when I started coaching and I got certified as a coach, I started to play with these ideas
and they started to come alive in a lot of the coaching conversations I was having.
And it was when I had my own mentor coach that I started to stumble on what my purpose
was.
And I recognized that building a world of people who are authentically resilient one
by one starts with me.
And therefore started to really put together this plan of how can I build the world of
more authentic, resilient people.
And it was a very methodical kind of movement.
It included going back to school, getting a master's degree in coaching, getting certified
as an ICF coach.
I knew I wanted to write a book.
I wasn't sure what that was going to be about at first.
And then we hit COVID.
Another massive world event that gave me time actually to really lay down the tracks and
lay down the information and start to really write it all out.
And as I started writing, I recognized in that writing that I had created a model for
my coaching practice that I use a lot with my clients.
And that is the real model, hence the title of my book, Your Real Life.
The real is a model that I use to build authentically resilient people and that my clients use to
build both a sense of authenticity and resilience.
And I'm happy to tell you more about the real model when we have more time.
But the vision is now in play and it's starting to come alive.
And the book has been out now for about a year.
And we're able to share how to build more authenticity and more resilience in the world
through that platform too.
So that's where the origination is.
And again, the power pack was that question from a teacher friend of mine who said, how
do you do it all?
The quest to bring my vision and the outcomes of the answer to that question culminated
in clarity.
And I think ultimately, clarity in your purpose and the star that you follow and that you
align to for the mission of your life is what ultimately leads to a life of well-being and
joy.
And that's what I want for everybody.
Thank you for being here today.
I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live.
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And thank you for giving us your time and attention.
Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.