I did not come to coaching from theory. I came from a life that fell and that I rebuilt piece by piece.
I am Christian Abad. Born in Ecuador, made in the United States. Between those two countries I lost almost everything and learned to rebuild it. What I teach did not come from a book. It came from living it.
Six moments that explain why I do what I do today.
I was born in Cuenca, Ecuador, into a loving family with strong values. As a child I learned to adapt fast, because we moved often from city to city.
In my teens I discovered something that would mark the rest of my life: my voice, and the power of communicating with it. By sixteen I had already started my first business in the entertainment world.
My father's political work earned us enemies. I grew up among situations no young person should live through, and the violence escalated to a kidnapping.
When I got my freedom back, I saw clearly that my country was no longer a safe place to build. I chose my growth over comfort. I chose to leave.
"The best decisions come when you know your weaknesses and your strengths, and you can recognize every opportunity life puts in front of you."
I arrived in the United States at twenty-three, with only what I was wearing and no clear plan. That same year I survived September 11 from the 31st floor of Tower 1.
I started the way almost every Latino immigrant starts. I learned the language, took the jobs that were there, and over the years built my own events company for the Hispanic community in New York.
I built a home, had my children, and from the outside it looked like I had made it. Inside, another story.
A divorce pulled me away from the daily life of my children. A deep depression came, I ended up with nowhere to live, and I spent two years lost in alcohol. The business was still standing. I was not.
"When you face obstacles in life, you decide whether to learn or to let them beat you."
What pulled me off the bottom was not a motivational phrase. It was wanting to be close to my children.
I trained and certified as a coach. I studied neuro-linguistic programming, patterns of human behavior and leadership. And I reconnected with Ivanna, this time to build differently. Together we formed the family I have today.
For ten years I worked as a coach guiding entrepreneurs to grow. Out of that stage came a method refined in real work, not in a weekend theory.
Today that method has a name, the ABAD Method, and a clear mission: to build the largest community of Latino entrepreneurs in the United States. This brand is a new beginning, and I want you to come in early.
I know up close the Latino entrepreneur who earns well and sleeps badly. Who holds up a company while the partner goes quiet at home. I know him because I was that man.
That is why I do not work on your business alone. I work on your body, your consciousness, your connection and your capital. All four areas, because when one falls, the others feel it.
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