We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Timothy Nathan a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Timothy with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?
My work ethic honestly came from watching my mother support me for so long on her own . Watching her wake up in the morning at 5am to go to work to provide for my sister and I. Just being able Witnessing that every day gave me no choice but to do the same in my own life .
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
My name is Timothy Nathan and I am a professional Roller skater as well I’m in school to become a future Real estate agent !
I currently work at Skate zone 71 ! A skating rink that resides in Columbus Ohio !
I got hired there when I was 16 and I was referred to work there from one of my close friends.
After from working there for so long I really started to fall in love with the world of skating !
Once I turned the age of 18. I was eventually allowed to an adult skating night ! Ever since then my skating skills started to improve rapidly because of the creativity that I was now exposed of from all of the other adult skaters !
I eventually fell in love with a skating style called Cleavland freestyle ! Cleavland freestyle consists of different jumps such as 180s,360s,540s, and even 720s ! As well as other rhythms footwork !
I eventually aligned myself with a Skating /lifestyle group called The Trendsettas (Tsc) and ever since then I’ve gotten to travel around the world with my group and I’ve gotten to experience competitions , and even learn different other skating styles around the world !
Also in my free time I also teach skate lessons to the youth as well as adults at skate zone 71! And I’ve been doing that for two years now !
I also got to be apart of an upcoming show on HBO max for a roller skating competition that will be coming out in the near future ! So I am very excited for that !
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Three good quality/skills that most impacted my journey was being able to stay discipline and not being easily influenced . There was a lot of times that I tried to work and improve of a certain move … and I failed so many times . But I know what I wanted for myself … and I didn’t get easily distracted or discouraged .
Another good traits is to remain humble !
Being Humble as taken me farther in life than anything else could ! Being always willing to learn from others will build your connection and network aswell build your character and open up more opportunities down the line for you !
My last skill would being able to have good communication and social skills ! You never know who you might meet ! So being able to socialize and get out your shell to talk to people can open many doors to different opportunities!
My advice would be to surround yourself with the right people that want to see you succeed ! People that wants nothing but to see you do well in life ! Find those type of people and I promise your life will feel alot easier ! Aswell being social wasn’t my best strong suit ! Currently right now I’m still working on that skill , but what has been helping me is that I’ve been working on overcoming my fears… and I know when I overcome something I better myself bad a person ! And that’s all I look forward too !
What is the number one obstacle or challenge you are currently facing and what are you doing to try to resolve or overcome this challenge?
My current problem is being able to Handel multiple things at once . It easy for me to get overwhelmed sometimes … and it’s has been my hardest challenge yet ! Whenever I feel overwhelmed I lose my creativity, and I start to feel even discouraged, and currently whenever I feel this way I go back to my roots ! I journal all my thoughts down and start from scratch ! I then write all my goals down and things that I know needs to get down and then I simple cross them off once there completed!
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