The Method : Become Who You Are Meant To Be | Niki Smirni | TEDxWoodLaneWomen

Описание: In this warm and deeply reflective TEDx talk, retreat leader and philosopher Niki Smirni opens with a question that stops most of us in our tracks: imagine running a business without a business plan. That's exactly how most of us run our lives.
Niki knows this firsthand. After leaving a thriving corporate career to launch her own business as a single mother, she lost everything, her money, her direction, and at her lowest point, herself. But that breakdown became her turning point, and from it she built a step-by-step method combining philosophy, spirituality, and practical tools to help people rediscover who they truly are.
Her method rests on three questions, who am I, where should I go, and how can I get there, and she argues that most of us skip straight to the second and third without ever honestly answering the first. She introduces the concept of UHQ. Unique Human Qualities, the personal equivalent of a business USP, and the key to living authentically rather than competitively.
Her message is both ancient and urgent. Socrates was asking the same question 2,500 years ago walking the streets of Athens. The answer hasn't changed. When you truly know who you are, life stops feeling like competition and starts feeling like contribution. Your life is yours. It's time to claim it. Niki Smirni is transformational leadership expert, and founder of Travelgems, Europe’s leading retreat company. For over two decades, she has journeyed from corporate strategy to personal development, collaborating with global pioneers including Deepak Chopra and Esther Perel. Honored with the 2024 National Wellness Visionary Award, Niki created The Method as a framework that bridges philosophy, spirituality, and business for authentic growth. A lifelong student of humanity with two MSc degrees, she empowers growth — both personal and collective — helping people see clearly, act with purpose, and evolve together. She is also a proud mother of twin boys and an international speaker on women’s empowerment, entrepreneurship, and well-being. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx