niki
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
Hey - You still have 20%
The past 12 months have been a journey of highly intense experiences. A year ago, a deepfake attack tore my family apart and I lost...
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niki
- Aug 9, 2020
- 2 min
Not a Gun kills a Man – The Shooter kills a Man
Not the gun kills a man - the shooter kills a man What does the most common argument of pro weapon activists have in common with the...
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niki
- Aug 1, 2020
- 4 min
3 Months of COVID – How are you doing?
It might not be political correct to state that 2020 is the most exciting year of my entire life. I am not talking about the pandemic and...
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Niki Ernst
- Feb 24, 2020
- 7 min
6 predictions for the next 10 years.
In the past 10 years, I have been working with over 1000 speakers, coaching them for their talks, watched over 3000 TED and TEDx talks...
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Niki Ernst
- Feb 14, 2020
- 2 min
Life is Constantly Getting Better and Better
There is no inherent meaning in circumstances in other words: it never matters what is happening, or what has happened. It is only about...
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 17, 2020
- 2 min
Nothing
In 1972, the columnist Harold Pullman Coffin, suggested to recognize the Do Nothing Day to enjoy a day when Americans can just sit...
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 13, 2020
- 2 min
Reinvent Yourself.
The first necessary life decission is always: are you a driver, or are you a passenger? In case you decide for the driver seat, buckle...
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Be uncool
What is the uncoolest thing, you have done, last year? Was it maybe that one experience, where you had most fun? I am a big foodie and...
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 7, 2020
- 2 min
Time to convert Blocking Forces into Supportive Energy
I am very self critical about my blocking forces. I them down. I learned to understand that there is the energy "forces" in blocking...
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 7, 2020
- 1 min
Oxytocin Day: Time for a Hug
Yes to this drug. It's free, completely legal, has zero side-effects to be worried about and its not even a scarce ressource of nature....
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 7, 2020
- 1 min
The Person of The Year 2020: YOU
Browsing through the lovely feeds of memes about your potential will soon tell you that there is one person on earth who can help you...
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 7, 2020
- 2 min
Who told you, you can't sing?
When people share their passion with me, I would always ask them, why they are not doing exactly this for life? Often enough, what they...
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 6, 2020
- 1 min
Was today a good snapshot of yourself?
The first gift of the new decade: I want to help you becoming the person you want to be. Who am I to say something like that? Well, I am...
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Niki Ernst
- Sep 19, 2019
- 4 min
Deepfake, Deep $#!t and Some Advice
On Aug 15th 2019, I was a target of a deepfake attack. Since then, my life has flipped upside down, the majority of my family has turned...
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Niki Ernst
- Jul 21, 2019
- 4 min
About Flow
There are days in my life where eating self-improvement books and sipping motivation talks is my breakfast treat. These are the days...
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Niki Ernst
- Jul 10, 2019
- 3 min
The Good and the Ugly about Self Fulfilling Prophecy.
Self fulfilling prophecy stems from the family of judging and bias. It’s actually a twin with an Angel and a Devil as siblings. The Angel...
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Niki Ernst
- Jun 22, 2019
- 9 min
The Anatomy of Innovation
I am writing these unfrequent posts because I love sharing my observation, thoughts, ideas, vision and passion with you. But also because...
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Niki Ernst
- Jun 12, 2019
- 3 min
The Athletic Company
Recently, I have been partly involved in a global company, looking for partners to help them on their journey, transforming 140 Sites to...
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niki
- May 6, 2019
- 3 min
The Day I received my first one-star-rating
Last Friday, a corporate customer rated the Silicon Valley Inspiration Tours Program one star. Bummer. I guess, we all one day will have...
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niki
- Mar 31, 2019
- 4 min
Silicon Valley versus Startup Nation
I just returned from the first Global Inspiration Tour in Tel Aviv with some observations to share with you. I am curious what you think...
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niki
- Mar 18, 2019
- 3 min
What if....and everything will be different.
I live a life in a conference circus; being part of the wonderful global TEDx organizers-family, the insanely inspiring and...
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Niki Ernst
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
YES – AND – BUT
The science of yes-but-and I am observing two forces a lot of people are driven by but not a lot of people admit: Judgement and...
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Niki Ernst
- Jan 10, 2019
- 3 min
About Setting Goals, Big and Small
New Years Resolution New Years Revolution New Years Evolution In a world of memes on Instagram and more, we receive daily invitation to...
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Niki Ernst
- Dec 13, 2018
- 4 min
The 7 Skills of Social Intelligence
Something that more and more pops up to me and very likely because I think, we are looking at the biggest problem of todays world (How...
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Niki Ernst
- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
What is your social Agenda? Do you have one?
Let me share my lesson about Social Intelligence with you. One of the things, life in Silicon Valley taught me, is to embrace...
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Niki Ernst
- Oct 10, 2018
- 3 min
Let go
Where I grew up, filing bankruptcy actually was a proof of being a criminal. Or a loser. Racing your company against the wall was the...
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Niki Ernst
- Jul 22, 2018
- 3 min
Burning Man and the false idols
Burning Man is an annual festival in Nevada. In the area of “lovelock”, on a dried out lake, about 75000 people build a city, every year....
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Niki Ernst
- Jul 13, 2018
- 3 min
How big is your ego? How big shall it be?
I grew up in the eighties. The inspirations of our childhood were not Hans Rosling, Ken Robinson or Simon Sinek — the inspirations of our...
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Niki Ernst
- Jul 5, 2018
- 3 min
10 Reasons why you are working in the wrong company…
This is a tough one because I know, some organizations might not love me for this list. In the past months, I had many many conversations...
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Niki Ernst
- Jun 12, 2018
- 4 min
Guidebook to unstuck your brain
I have shared a lot of my thoughts on entrepreneurial life, in my previous shootouts. I feel like what I enjoy sharing with you, is at...
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Niki Ernst
- May 15, 2018
- 3 min
We are only one generation away from a new world
I want to share with you a great conversation I had, recently. I was asked a very simple question: why? and actually: wtf? The Silicon...
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Niki Ernst
- May 1, 2018
- 2 min
The ultimate definition of “Happy”
I had an epiphany I would like to share with you. Maybe it sounds super profane to you and the topic is over-chewed without a question....
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Niki Ernst
- Mar 15, 2007
- 3 min
That Day
I am speakercoach and mentor to entrepreneurs, executives and companies. Every month, I curate highly individualized Inspiration Tours in...
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