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Atle Vårvik is MOT’s founder and creator. He has been passionate about people and life since he was a young boy. Atle is a former Olympian speed skater. He is married to Sigrun and together they have two sons, Kristian and Johann. In this blog he is sharing his reflections and experiences.
Every year at the end of the school year about 10 000 16-year old’s in Norway participate in the MOT-survey. This is an survey to evaluate and show MOT’s effect in numbers. The youth answer the survey just by marking a number from 1 to 6 when being asked about a statement. They can also […]
One may easily communicate that those who are part of criminal environments, terror groups or Neo-Nazi groups attend because of an ideology. However, only the fewest are part because of the ideology. They do because they want to belong to a group. Last Wednesday I had lunch and spent most of the day with Ragnhild […]
On Saturday the 2018 final of Champions League was played in Kiev. Two amazing teams met each other for one of football’s biggest games. Real Madrid with the philosophy of buying the best players in the world no matter what they cost. Liverpool with the philosophy of winning in a clear and distinctive way, […]
18thof May 2018 ten persons are killed in a school shooting in USA. A youth is responsible for the actions. 17thof May 2018 a police man is making sure a school shooting is avoided. The suspected is a youth. This youth’s mother says that her son was bullied and beaten when he was in school […]
Two weeks ago, MOT 4ever had a board meeting. MOT 4ever is a foundation with the purpose of making sure MOT will live forever. The board consists of Odd Reitan, Hilde Undlien, Marvin Wiseth, Finn Haugan, Sigrun and myself. It is an idealistic and non-profit board with a burning passion for making young people more […]
The last two weeks I have been coaching 19 school leaders individually. It inspires me to see the way they all use and want to use MOT as a tool to strengthen the culture between the teachers, the teacher as a class leader and creating teachers who are role models to each other and the […]
A couple of weeks ago I met with a 28-year-old woman whom I have known since she was in secondary school and I was her MOT coach. She has studied in several countries and has a master’s degree in international business. When I met with her she told me that she had experienced something […]
The local community Sel in Norway is in grief and so am I. MOT coach Jan Erik Lien, one of MOT’s greatest value makers through all times passed away on 14th of April at the age of only 55.
Article from NRK (Norwegian media channel) 29thof March 2018: You look for those who are vulnerable. We call them “brothers” in the beginning, but we hold back the reality, Mikael Ali says when talking about recruiting youth to criminal environments. Mikael Ali was part of the criminal gang Young Guns for several years. This was […]