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Pawe\u0142 Janas, president of the foundation, teacher and social activist, a body administering educational institutions and supporting education. An activist for the benefit of children, family and social integration. An enthusiastic and passionate educator and motivator, a lover and protector of animals, a sports promoter and a popularizer of arts among children and adolescents. A developer of unique projects and new solutions becoming a model in Poland and in Europe. His day seems to last at least a week. His energy is contagious, he surprises with ideas and knows how to implement them. He has just received a nomination for the Lider z powo\u0142ania title and the SportArt Arts and Sports Kindergarten founded by him was awarded
\nThe Best & More distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pawe\u0142 Janas does not spend much time in his office. He prefers being active, doing things himself, overseeing everything, and also \u201cmaking do\u201d and working with children, as this is his natural environment, as he speaks of his everyday challenges. Recently, after many years of teaching and training, he has been developing his skills as a\u00a0professional coach. He noticed he is able to achieve outstanding results in that area, helping people who need it at the same time.
\u201cBeing a\u00a0leader must run in your blood, but this is just half the battle\u201d, he stresses. \u201cThe rest is, obviously, the upbringing, but mostly self-development, education and experience, meaning the practice.\u201d \u201cCan you count? Count on yourself, roll up your sleeves and get to work\u201d, this is what he says mostly to himself, knowing it is impossible to become a\u00a0renowned leader without self-improvement. Everybody leads thanks to something else, but for me this is mostly positive thinking. Even if there are any difficult things to do, the positive approach like that provides encouragement to the whole team and the success is at hand\u2019s reach. This is what I\u00a0teach, also as a\u00a0coach and motivator, e.g. the Miss Poland candidates. (Pawe\u0142 Janas has been responsible for the mental training and motivation of candidates for the Miss \u015al\u0105ska and Miss Poland contest for 3 years, being also a\u00a0jury member).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pawe\u0142 Janas has a\u00a0twin brother, but although they are very similar to one another physically, their careers departed after their graduation from the secondary school. He says this proves his theory concerning the birth of the leader\u2019s identity. One half is derived from the family home, and the other filled with one\u2019s own experience, decisions and actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like most future leaders, he was a\u00a0member of the student government in the secondary school, directing some of energy he had always had in abundance there. And although both he and his brother were among the best students, he did not get good conduct grades. He was always all around and he always wanted to do something in his own way. Unlike most his friends, he selected a\u00a0secondary technical school, a\u00a0class with an extended programme in IT, and he followed this course during his university studies. He invented his school e-register when he was in his second year of studies thanks to which he won\u2026 the heart of a\u00a0young Polish teacher who became his wife. Although he had already run his own company for a\u00a0couple of years then, he knew the IT sector was not for him. There was too little humanism in it. This is why he graduated also from Special Needs Education and Resocialisation, Management in Education, Pedagogical Therapy, and even Preschool Education. He had an inborn vocation for those majors as his family is composed mostly of people \u201cserving others\u201d, including teachers, physicians and uniformed service members. He was young, capable and ambitious, but the home was not rich. Initially, he worked for various corporations. He was successful in several different sectors, where he e.g. implemented information and security systems in the IT sector, but he became also a\u00a0licensed financial advisor. He had always been a\u00a0gifted speaker, making him a\u00a0splendid reseller which was recognised by his superiors, offering him fast promotion in the corporations. He claims that everything in life is based on selling anyway. It is important the transaction is fair and beneficial for both parties. Whoever has ethics, subject-matter expertise and experience, stands a\u00a0chance to be successful in any sector. \u201cFor example, I\u00a0have not changed my phone number for 20 years and I\u00a0always say what I\u00a0think and feel. Honesty and frankness do not always pay off, but they are always appreciated by valuable people.\u201d His slogan #goodreturns proves itself perfectly here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to acquire such immense experience in such a\u00a0short time? You need to start early and preferably in many areas. \u201cI\u00a0learned and worked at the same time, and I\u00a0started my first business activity even before I\u00a0entered the university, so today, when I\u00a0am not forty, I\u00a0can boast of a\u00a0twenty-year business experience and successes in several absolutely different sectors.
He came to be a\u00a0teacher from a\u00a0socio-therapy centre where he learned to communicate with difficult young people on a\u00a0daily basis for 5 years and after he graduated from Resocialisation, he even accepted the role of a\u00a0guardian. He occupied that position for 7 years, though he considered it to be rather a\u00a0mission as it was more of a\u00a0community service. He believes those years taught him life and offered the best pedagogical practice.
But where is the businessman? He does not like this word as he does not identify with it. However, he was taught the entrepreneurship by his\u2026 mother. In 1990s, right after Communism was overthrown, she run several different activities, teaching her children involuntarily. \u201cHow often do we forget today, when bringing up our own children, that money and success result usually from hard work?\u201d, he asks rhetorically. The work is not everything, it is worth pursuing one\u2019s own objectives and ideas in it. Having obtained a\u00a0diploma and experience in the secondary and university education and also having won several awards and distinctions (the Award of the President and the Minister of Economy), he decided to change a\u00a0lot here. Although in 2012 he had already had many years\u2019 experience and his own company, he was successful in many areas, and his mother was approaching the retirement, he founded SportArt with her. The last member of this trio was his sister-in-law. This combination turned out an outstanding success which is confirmed by every reward and smiling child. This year, after 30 years of existence of Teraz Polska competition, his company was the first finalist in the educo sector of this most famous Polish plebiscite. He dedicated this success to his mum who died too early in 2019 (*).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The social mission he had always felt brought about other educational enterprises. He founded SportArt which operates seven kindergartens and 3 cr\u00e8ches with close to 550 children. He crushed the existing monopoly and started the avalanche of non-public facilities in Tychy. He is not afraid of the competitors, but he respects them. As he says, \u201cI\u00a0do not think we are perfect, but we try to be the best\u201d. He likes to combine and create common solutions. Pursuant to the agreement with the Municipal Office of Tychy, the kindergartens operate as public facilities and do not get fees from children in their care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Such a\u00a0person attracts people equally ambitious and hard-working as himself. Particularly young people climb up their career stages and find fulfillment here. With them and other NGOs, he started the MultiIntegra Foundation dealing with the development of children and adolescents via different sports, artistic and integrative projects etc. The foundation offers many cost-free projects and cooperates with numerous partners and ambassadors. They include e.g. mime Ireneusz Krosny, Olympic multi-medal winner Karolina Naja, Broad Peak ascensionist Artur Ma\u0142ek and well-known representatives of Poland, Mariusz Czerkawski and Rados\u0142aw Gilewicz. It was thanks to their support and, primarily, the projects of the Ministry of Sport and the City of Tychy, that it was possible to organize e.g. the Guinness record breaking in the Municipal Stadium in Tychy in 2018. The foundation knows how to return a\u00a0favor. Its wards from the M\u0142ode Wilki project join the GKS Tychy club and thousands of schoolchildren in Tychy practice sport within the Sportlandia project. MultiIntegra grasped also the theatre in Tychy, called Belfegor, which has existed for many years, staging successful new plays for adults and preparing performances for children. It gets involved in versatile help for inhabitants on a\u00a0daily basis.
    \u201cIn this way, my TEAM combines the implementation of their own objectives and ambitions with the pro-social ones\u201d, Pawe\u0142 Janas stressed. \u201cActivities for others is of particular importance today, in the times of pandemics. This is why our charity campaigns are so abundant now. We deliver free food to children and physicians in need, we offer masks, create educational platforms for children and teachers, organize virtual events and provide actual help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He loves animals. At home, together with his daughters, he takes care of several wild educators, including chameleons, turtles, geckos, agamas, snakes, guinea pigs, chinchillas, degus, canary birds, mice, a\u00a0large \u201cSwiss\u201d dog therapist Kazan (Young Champion of Poland) and a\u00a0white-bellied hedgehog which has inhabited his home for some time! All that to teach not only biology, but also respect, responsibility, empathy and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      He appeared on stage in various theaters, he sings, dances, writes scenarios, knows a\u00a0lot about construction and speaks three languages. He is a\u00a0true Renaissance man. It is probably easier to list what he does not know how to do. He admits he does not know too much about cars. This may be a\u00a0bit of a\u00a0pity as, knowing his enthusiasm, he could create the much-deserved Polish Tesla at last. In his free time, he goes yachting, scuba diving and plays football in the Oldboy team of GKS Tychy.
      And although Pawe\u0142 Janas is always busy, he plays also his role of a\u00a0father of three, including the youngest one, a\u00a0year and a\u00a0half old, called \u201cJohnny\u201d diminutively (for Jan Pawe\u0142). His good organization skills and positive thinking help him embrace this busy world but it is probably easier when you are a\u00a0born leader. What is more, Pawe\u0142 Janas keeps reminding that #goodreturns which he is a\u00a0proof of. \u2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Piotr G\u00f3ralczyk
      Beata Seku\u0142a<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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