Andrew
Andrew B Chang
Andrew was an obese, troubled, and timid youth who followed the “Deferred Life Plan” of “school-slave-save-spend-retire” until he discovered Bruce Lee, Dali Lama, and Tony Robbins at 12 years old. He transformed his body, mind, and life with martial arts, philosophy, and peak performance psychology and went after his dreams of being an Olympic Champion, a Fitness Celebrity, and a Health Empire. At 18, just as his career was about to take off with national sponsorships and show requests from NBC, Muscle Magazine, and Calvin Klein, he went through severe sport injuries that crippled his entire body and almost ended his life.
At 20, Andrew did the impossible by rehabilitating everything, regaining all powers, and returning to sport competitions. In the finals of a grappling tournament, he flipped in the air, dislocated his shoulder, and twisted his spine. Soon, Andrew lost over 70 pounds of muscles due to nerve damage, muscular atrophy, and musculoskeletal dysfunctions. His body aged 40 years in just 3 months. Doctors said it was a 1 in a billion injury. They thought he would never heal.
Sometimes, when you lose your dreams, you find your destiny. Andrew had to do in one year what he once thought he had an entire lifetime to do. To survive, he had to do more in 1 hour than what he used to do in an entire day. To succeed, the warrior became an entrepreneur.
Within two years of college (2006-2008), from age 20-22, he gained the equivalent of four degrees from two universities in just 7 hours per week; traveled over 40 cities during one full-time school year; experienced 5 diverse, high-learning and high-earning careers; started a national health franchise prototype; attended VIP events and executive networks, for free; read over 1,000 books; saved over $189,000 USD in education and experiences; created the love of his life; made peace with his past; connected with his family; and healed his body with Olympic Bio-Mechanics, Taoist Energy, and Zen Meditation.
He is now an author, trainer, and entrepreneur in education, fitness, marketing, products, and technology. He started seven businesses by age 23. He turned 24 in November 2009.