Meet Britta Nancarrow | Britta Nancarrow | Realtor, Athlete, Animal Lover, and Climate Solutions Advocate

We had the good fortune of connecting with Britta Nancarrow and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Britta, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
I love taking risks. My philosophy is trust your gut and take risks whenever you can, unless you think you’ll get injured. And in those cases, honor your limits and set boundaries. When it comes to work and chasing my dreams though, I jump and trust that the net will appear. If I never interned for Climate Reality I likely would’ve never worked for Tesla. Nowadays, I follow Sarah Blakely’s advice. Which is to seek out scary and embarrassing situations just to build confidence over fears. I think it’s important to ask oneself not just what could go wrong, but what could go right? You never know where a decision might lead you or who you might meet along the way. Follow your intuition and forget what people think. If it makes sense to you, jump!

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
How I got to where I am professionally started from my roots. I grew up on a little farm in Encinitas. My mom was a realtor and my dad was an organic gardening guru, environmental news anchor, weatherman, legend, well-respected and loved in San Diego. He gained a following for his knowledge of local wildlife and organic farming. Composting, regenerative agriculture, all of it. He wrote gardening books and educated viewers about climate solutions. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and it took his life. The grief of losing my dad propelled me to dedicate myself to find ways to mitigate climate change, too. So, after graduating from CU Boulder and earning my real estate license, I decided to find ways to get involved to offer climate relief. I remember telling my then boyfriend that I wanted to work for the Climate Reality Project. And you know what they say about thoughts and words becoming things. Remarkably, I was hired as an intern for the Climate Reality Project just 3 months later. This experience changed my life and opened a lot of doors. Huge shout out to everyone at Climate Reality (longtime based out of Boulder) for the incredible work they do and check them out. Interning for CRP and working sales in real estate led me to a sales career with Tesla and Polestar. Where I worked selling solar and electric vehicles and during my tenure was a top sales agent in my department. I grew to miss working face-to-face with people so I switched gears and jumped back into real estate. Most recently, I’ve had the privilege of taking on the realtor role for my friends in the San Juans and I’m stoked about it. There’s something neat about helping people achieve their real estate dreams. Especially in a beautiful place like Durango. I’m deeply grateful for every person I’ve crossed paths with and for every experience. The good and the bad. Because it’s all really good. A bit of insight I’ve gathered along the way…follow your intuition and know that success is subjective. Take the advice that’s in tune with your intuition and forget the rest. Someone once told me that if you’re not living life by your own standards you’ll be living someone else’s life. And I love that. Also, writing down my goals and mantras has been powerful. As is visualizing. I like to start with the end result in mind. This helps me cut through a lot of noise and manifest some freaky cool results. Believe that something has already happened and just take baby steps towards that goal every day. Try new things, keep learning, and move your body. This trifecta helps me stay sharp.

At the end of the day I keep this in mind…we’re all made of star stuff. All the elements in the human body were made in a star and many have come through several supernovas. Life itself is a miracle. We’re floating on a giant rock in the middle of space. Do right by each other and do good with the time you have here.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
So fun! I would definitely put a visit to Red Rocks at the top of the list. I think it’s the best venue in the country for concerts if you’re a music lover. But it’s also a really fun and underrated place to visit in the morning. You can a get a group of friends together and run the rock stairs or check the Red Rocks website to see if there is a workout class to sign up for. As for eats, if you’re a sushi lover, Uchi and Temaki Den are the best sushi spots in town. After sushi, check out Larimer street in Rino to see the amazing street murals, museums, and shops that are worth the visit. Make sure to make a trip to Boulder before you leave and go Buffs!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
There are a lot of people and things that have contributed to my success that I owe a shoutout to. Huge shout out to Rainee Taylor, Michael Leuthner, Peter Conroy, and Al Gore at the Climate Reality Project for being selfless mentors in my life and for working towards mitigating climate change. Also, Susan Monken and Staci Christie have always looked out for me. I owe them a lot for investing their time and giving me invaluable tools that have helped me grow. I like to surround myself with people who are smarter than me and that has been transformational in my development.

As for books, The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac is a favorite of mine. It’s an adventure novel interwoven with so much wisdom. He’s so poetic and it’s such a fun read.

“I lived before and walked this trail under similar circumstances with a fellow Bodhisattva, but maybe on a more important journey, I felt like lying down by the side of the trail and remembering it all. The woods do that to you, they always look familiar, long lost, like the face of a long dead relative, like an old dream, like a piece of forgotten song drifting across the water, most of all like golden eternities of past childhood or past manhood and all the living and the dying and the heartbreak that went on a million years ago and the clouds as they pass over head seem to testify (by their own lonesome familiarity) to this feeling ecstasy, even, I felt with flashes of sudden remembrance.” – JK, The Dharma Bums

I also love self-help books, Conscious Communications by Mary Shores is a good one. As is,
You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero. This book greatly influenced me in my late teens/early twenties.

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