GUEST OVERVIEWStephen Hecht co-founder of Million Peacemakers provides inspiration to anyone that doubts their ability to change the world for the better, at scale. Stephen is proof that good intentions, a little creativity, underpinned by clear goals can result in monumental impact, at any age.  Million Peacemakers is a non-profit organization that empowers people to transform conflict into what they call Nonflict. Stephens's inspiration came from his multi-faith work and his own transformation in focussing on the commonality in people over the differences.Over 225,000 people around the world trained in the first 5 years with a focus on youth, families, and businesses, Stephen is changing the world one peacemaker training session at a time.Stephen has led Nonflict way workshops in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the USA including Puerto Rico, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Bulgaria, England, Germany, Spain, and Canada.He was also a speaker at the Vatican in March 2019 for an international conference on Religions and the UN Sustainable Development Goals and was invited back 3 weeks later to speak about creating a culture of peace in the world.I hope you enjoy this episode of empathy, compassion and conflict resolution with Stephen Hecht What We Discuss Growing up in Montreal CanadaBeing involved in the family retail business from an early ageBeing aware of his seriousness as a child His uncle’s defining influenceEarly conflict in his family businessThe defining experience of visiting Israel  Witnessing intra-group conflict His education path The early experience of conflict in business as globalization set inMeeting Dr. Amir Kafir Joining Young President Organization Building Love Thy Neighbor to live in Montreal to create interfaith unity in 2009 - 19min Hi three MarriagesPeace Action Network Building the three-step model for NonflictThe ways of confronting conflict Conflict defined The steps to conflict resolution Einstein Creating a Million Peacemakers How Serendipity has enabled themWorking with the Vatican and The PopeHis principlesHis Hard Choices Discovering new ideasWhere in History? Impossible QuestionFailure Keeping up with technology Social Links Million Peacemakers Instagram Facebook Twitter Links In the Show Young Presidents OrganizationCardinal Turkson Sustainable Development Goals Robin Sharma The 5 am ClubThe Vatican Martin Luther King  Nelson Mandela  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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