Thomas Erikson

Keynote speech

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Biography

Thomas Erikson is a Swedish behaviourist and among other things the bestselling author of the Surrounded by-books, a series about human behaviours and communication. The series, including Surrounded by Idiots, has been translated to close to 60 languages ad has sold over 8 million copies.

His mission is to make people’s lives easier on a daily level by making them more aware of themselves. But also to help people to a better understanding of what it takes to achieve the best possible ground for effective communication. He is a highly sought-after public speaker and makes 120 keynotes per year on topics such as human behaviours, communication, self-awareness, manipulation, narcissism and leadership.

From his home office, Thomas is the mentor for a number of top level executives and entrepreneurs all over Europe.

He lives by the simple but useful quote: You can’t change somebody else, but you can change yourself.

Thomas was writing for twenty years without success before finally getting published. Being an author was his dream in life, so he never gave up. Instead he tested new angles and ideas, tweaked his writing style, learned new skills, asked professionals for feedback, worked from 03.00 in the morning for years. No one really believed in him and his writing ambitions, so he had to believe in himself.

Nowadays Thomas is Sweden’s most translated author still active. Only Selma Lagerlöf and Astid Lindgren has been translated into more languages. He has until today published twelve books – half fiction and half non-fiction – and he will continue to write as long as he breaths.

Fun fact: Thomas is a true anglophile. He is a passionate gardener, loves topiary: if he could wear tweed the full year he would. And he is s collector of old Land Rovers. Some of them works, most of them don’t.