Meet Nathan Chester

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Nathan Chester. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Nathan below.

Nathan, so many exciting things to discuss, we can’t wait. Thanks for joining us and we appreciate you sharing your wisdom with our readers. So, maybe we can start by discussing optimism and where your optimism comes from?

My optimism comes from my love of gratitude. Life is so short. Every breath we take is quite literally a miracle. I feel so lucky to be alive and that thankful spirit gives me a positive feeling about the day, the month, the year and beyond. I also work hard. I value putting in work towards a goal. Once I’ve accomplished the goal that gives me confidence that I can accomplish more. This makes me more optimistic based on my on work ethic and history of accomplishments.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

My entire life I’ve lived making people smile. I love to make people feel excited or optimistic. I have found that through entertaining people- I can brighten people’s day. I can motivate people and inspire them to pursue whatever it is that THEY love. That fulfills me. It always has.

In my later adult life- I’ve discovered how much I love creating and producing shows. My fiance and I created a production company in which we have made shows for ourselves to perform in. We have a duo show and two solo shows between the two of us. I realized that through creating theses shows with my fiance that I LOVE making shows. We’ve also created shows in which we’ve recruited other singers to perform in.

Through these shows and this production company- we’re able to create jobs and opportunities for performers to travel the world (the shows are on cruise ships) AND to do what they love. It’s been empowering and freeing realizing that producing shows can have such a positive impact of the artist community. Many professional singers are looking for opportunities that will pay them and add value to their experiences in life. Our production company is geared towards JUST that.

We have a show we’ve produced called Cruise Control which consists of singers from TV competition shows like The Voice and American Idol. I was able to make friends from The Voice after my experience on the show and coming in 4th place on season 25. many of these friends have agreed to work directly with our production company to share their talent on cruise ships all around the world.

I had no idea how passionate I would be about our production company. It’s inspired me to design an app for our team- in which they can navigate their contracts better.

I’ve also gotten into coding and learning how to make promotional posts for social media.

Entertainment really is my first love. It has helped me get through very difficult times when I was growing up AND I can see that entertainment helps others get through things they are going through.

I’m excited to expand our company and bring quality entertainment to cruisers and to provide valuable opportunities to performers looking to travel the world.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

I am glad I learned the term “specific knowledge”. As an entrepreneur- if you can identify what “specific knowledge “ you have, you can build a service around that to add value to people.

It has to be specific otherwise anyone can do it and it’s less valuable. Everyone has the ability to identify specific knowledge that they have. It starts often times with what you are good at. Somewhere along the lines of passion and natural ability- most people can find this “specific knowledge”.

I learned about this concept from an angel investor named Naval. He has a wonderful podcast that I recommend to every entrepreneur I encounter.

As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?

Rich Dad Poor Dad was a very influential book. I always wondered how I can build wealth with very little money and only knowing how to sing and dance primarily.

Robert Kiyosaki taught me the value of using money to make money in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad. He taught me the importance of building assets and reducing the amount of liabilities I have.

Assets are money making vehicles that begin to earn for you even if you aren’t actively working.

This changed my perspective on wealth. It changed my perspective on what’s possible. It changed my approach to business and it also encouraged me to take calculated risks to create assets that can last me a lifetime.

I would recommend that book Rich Dad Poor Dad to anyone who wants to maximize their earning potential.

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