Harness Olympian Thinking™ for World Peace.
We provide tools for everyone to unlock their inner Olympian and create a conscious strategy for daily success.
Who We Are
The Olympian Peace Team (OPT) is an organization that is co-created by Marilyn King OLY, a 2 X Olympic Pentathlete and Peace Strategist, and Pathways To Peace, a nonprofit organization recognized for its peace-making efforts by the UN. The Olympian Peace Team focuses on people who care about peace and SpeedShifting™ them from dispirited and uniformed to Olympians Thinking ™ about peace so they are inspired, educated, and engaged in the systemic changes at play for a world at peace. We are here to pass the baton, of peace.
What Is Olympian Thinking?
Many people don’t realize that the same three elements driving Olympian success—passion for what they love, vision of a clear goal, and decisive action—are accessible to everyone. Typically, people achieve greatness when these factors align, often by chance. The Olympian Thinking framework shifts this to a conscious strategy, offering tools for everyone, especially youth and their mentors, to unlock their inner Olympian and operationalize success daily.
Similar to a computer with tremendous capabilities, software is required to access those capabilities. Olympian Thinking is the software for exceptional human performance.
When you successfully apply Olympian Thinking™ to your life, you become:
Passion Powered
You are clear and connected to what really matters to you and why. This emotional connection provides access to a high level of energy, creative problem-solving, and a willingness to persevere in the face of overwhelming odds.
Vision Guided
You have a crystal clear image of the goal, the factors influencing the goal, and the steps required to get there.
Action Oriented
You have a plan with feedback, external support, and daily practices that effectively move them one step closer to their goal each day.
We Turn Stinkin’ Thinkin’ into Olympian Thinking ™
The OPT has two primary strategies to move our global society into world peace:
Transforming Peace Literacy & Our Understanding of Peace
The Olympian Peace Team makes it easy for people who care about peace to ‘up their game’ and engage in existing systemic change initiatives at the local or global level. This component builds on four existing underutilized resources created by Pathways To Peace supported by the UN:
The International Day of Peace, currently celebrated in over 180 countries on September 21st.
The Peace Wheel helps identify 8 elements of peaceful societies.
The PeaceWave is a noontime pause for peace in each timezone supported by the #LooksLikePeaceToMe where we can see your global contribution to the PeaceWave aggregated on our website!
The Peace Card includes the goal statements of the 8 elements of a peaceful society.
Olympian Mindset Initiative
The Olympian Mindset Initiative (OMI) is a global project that empowers youth to apply Olympian Thinking to things they care about. Our Local campaign called, “Do Oakland First!” engages Olympians with an annual music message to youth supported by certified mentors at existing youth service provider sites. Young people engage in applying Olympian Thinking to a personal aspiration, then a local and a global initiative of their choosing. On International Peace Day, September 21st each year young people will be recognized at the bronze, silver, and gold levels. The Oakland four-year demonstration project is intended to be fully prepared for global Olympian engagement and distribution by the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.