Today we’d like to introduce you to Christopher Metry.
Hi Christopher, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I’m a Nashville native, born to immigrant parents and raised in the Egyptian community here. Growing up between cultures shaped my sense of responsibility early on. Education was emphasized, discipline was expected, and progress was something you worked for rather than assumed.
I graduated from Hume-Fogg High School and went on to be educated entirely in Nashville. I attended Lipscomb University, where I majored in biology and philosophy. Studying philosophy had a lasting impact on how I see the world. It trained me to think critically, question assumptions, and take ownership of how I structure my life. It pushed me to think seriously about meaning, responsibility, and what it actually takes to live well.
My passion for learning and development led me to Trevecca Nazarene University, where I earned a Master of Arts in Teaching. At the time, I felt a strong calling toward education. Over time, I came to understand that being called to teach does not necessarily mean remaining within a traditional classroom. My strengths were better suited for leadership, building systems, and developing people at scale rather than being confined to a single institutional setting.
Along the way, I worked across very different roles, including teaching, working in a hospital laboratory, bartending, and managing operations inside an Amazon warehouse. Each of these roles placed me in close contact with people under very different pressures and expectations. That exposure taught me how individuals respond to stress, responsibility, incentives, and uncertainty, and it sharpened my understanding of human behavior, leadership, and systems in real-world conditions.
A major turning point came when I moved to Memphis for work. Being away from home created both pressure and clarity, and it was there that I became serious about ownership and personal standards. While working full time, I began building businesses on the side, some of which failed. Those failures were formative. They exposed weaknesses in execution and structure and forced me to stop relying on effort alone and start building systems that produce consistent, repeatable outcomes. Memphis was where my ambition was tested and refined, where I learned to design for durability rather than chase quick wins, and where I developed the frameworks that now underpin everything I build.
I eventually moved back to Nashville with a sharpened sense of purpose. Having watched the city grow and evolve over the years, I developed a strong desire to contribute to that growth rather than simply observe it. Today, I’m intentionally building my life and my work around the experiences that shaped me, with a focus on strengthening the Nashville community I grew up in and addressing challenges I have seen firsthand.
A major focus of my service has become the development of men, shaped by my own roles as a son, an older brother, and a partner. Over time, I recognized a broader absence of grounded, responsible manhood, not as a critique of others, but as a challenge I had to confront in myself first. That realization informs how I show up in my relationships and in my work, emphasizing clarity of thought, personal responsibility, and self-leadership.
At the core of everything I do is continuous refinement. I am always reassessing, rebuilding, and raising the standard. Reinvention is not a single chapter in my life but a permanent posture, and excellence has always been the pursuit rather than a milestone. When excellence is the standard, outcomes like money, influence, and success tend to follow naturally rather than being chased directly. Every phase has mattered, and each one compounds into what I am building now. The goal has never been comfort or arrival but sustained excellence pursued deliberately.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It hasn’t been a smooth road, and in many ways the challenges began early. Being born to immigrant parents created a complicated sense of identity. I didn’t fully belong to the culture I was born into, and I wasn’t entirely of my parents’ background either. That in-between space can be disorienting, especially early on, and it forces you to wrestle with questions of belonging, values, and who you’re ultimately responsible for becoming. Growing up with a brother with special needs also shaped me early, instilling a sense of responsibility, patience, and awareness of others that forced me to mature quickly and pay close attention to how people experience the world differently.
Another major disruption came at the end of my college career when COVID shut everything down. What should have been a clean transition into the next phase of life became a period of uncertainty and forced reflection. Plans paused, structures disappeared, and there was no clear script to follow. That moment required real decisions about direction, not based on certainty or guarantees, but on conviction and responsibility for the trajectory of my life.
As I’ve gotten older, the challenges have become less external and more internal. Growth has required continually peeling back layers of myself, confronting weaknesses, and resisting the pull of instant gratification in a world that constantly rewards it. Learning to delay comfort, stay disciplined, and think long term has been an ongoing struggle and an ongoing practice.
Ultimately, one of the hardest lessons has been becoming comfortable making decisions without certainty in the outcome. There are no perfect conditions and no complete information. Progress has required acting with intention, accepting risk, and standing by decisions even when clarity only comes afterward.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
At its core, my work is about excellence applied consistently. What that looks like in practice spans real estate, mortgage lending, and e-commerce, but the common thread across all of it is building structure where there is uncertainty. Whether I’m helping someone navigate a property decision as a loan officer, developing real estate projects, or operating e-commerce businesses, the focus is always on clear thinking, sound systems, and long-term viability.
Over time, I’ve found that people come to me not just for transactional help, but for perspective. I’m often pulled into conversations around business ideas, career direction, and life decisions, especially when clarity feels hard to find. What I’m most proud of is my ability to step into new fields, learn quickly, and reach a high level of competence through disciplined thinking and execution. That ability to adapt and apply first principles across different domains is what sets my work apart.
How do you define success?
I define success as sustained alignment between values, responsibility, and execution over time, grounded in a commitment to lifelong learning. It means holding yourself to clear standards while taking full ownership of your decisions and their consequences.
Success is not a single outcome or milestone. It shows up in durability through strong relationships, disciplined habits, meaningful work, and the ability to contribute beyond yourself. Money, influence, and opportunity matter, but they are measures rather than the aim. When learning and standards remain constant, success tends to follow as a natural result rather than something pursued directly.
Ultimately, success means living with intention, continuing to refine who you are, and leaving people and systems stronger than you found them. On a personal level, it also means honoring the sacrifices my parents made by building a life rooted in responsibility, opportunity, and long term contribution.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriskmetry/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ckmetry
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherkmetry
- Other: https://www.cmghomeloans.com/mysite/christopher-metry
