Welcome to 0ur most recent Ambassador
Wendy L Wolski, MS CPC
When you ask most people what they want to do with their life,
the answer often is something relating to “I want to help people”. Accountants
do that by helping others with money in their life or business. Social workers
help clients access resources. Teachers firefighters and physical therapists
are obvious routes to helping others.
There are many avenues to helping others and mine focuses on
empowering them. My experiences have focused on facilitating personal growth
and values clarification for teens, students and professionals. One common
observation throughout my experience is that we rarely stop and celebrate the
successes as we are too focused on the next big thing coming down the pike.
The concept of World Peace and this effort to celebrate it resonates
with me because it is about choice- making a choice to act respectfully, with
appreciation, seeking understanding, placing a high value on individuals, all
forms of life, and our environment. And
those are all steps that individuals can take day by day.
When the opportunity to get involved with Celebrate World Peace,
I got very excited. As a teen in the 80s, I remember being very afraid of
nuclear war- there were movies and even pop songs about it. We had discussion
groups in school about it. Through communication and perseverance, we came
out of the Cold War. And while it’s true that threats remain, I believe its
also true that we are more willing to listen and more eager to understand each
other. It seems the idea of taking individual responsibility is finally hitting
home.
As a coach, I have a
fascinating vantage point to listen to the common consciousness. Through
PopLeadership, my coaching and consulting practice, I focus on Powerful
Personal Development for Gen X and Gen Y.
I help individual and group clients create fulfilling futures, consider
alternatives, identify creative solutions and leverage strengths to overcome
obstacles. I think its fair to say that
coaching clients take responsibility for their choices and ownership of their outcomes.
Take the phrase, “baby steps””-- it usually means that little by
little you’ll reach your goal. But lets consider an actual baby’s steps. For
the most part- once babies learn to walk, it’s not long before they start to
run, skip, climb and scamper about. Some dance, some become marathoners- and
even though that baby didn’t know at the time where those steps might take him,
those around who supported and encouraged him knew there was nowhere he
couldn’t go!
So the next time you encourage a baby, or consider a ‘baby’
movement like Celebrate World Peace, take a moment to stop and appreciate that
journey. Celebrate the accomplishments to date. How far has that baby come, and
how far can he go? How far on the road to World Peace we HAVE come.
We can help and encourage each other in amazing ways by choosing to
listen and understand.
Like my favorite Margaret Mead quote: “Never doubt that a small
group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.” Our vision to
involve 1 million people in Celebrate World Peace, is globally speaking, a
small group. Baby steps, people, baby steps... I couldn’t be happier with my
front row seat!
I look forward to working with you!
Pop Leadership
Powerful Personal Development
for Gen X & Y
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