First Principles Education
First Principles is a specialist school dedicated to filling the gaps of modern education.
We help students escape traps of endless distraction and toxic stress. How? By teaching them how to break unwanted patterns, find value-alignment and be present.
Nik Ternezis
Founder | Educator | Mentor
Nik scored a 99.3 ATAR, holds a degree in Finance & Economics from Sydney Uni, and built his first business at 24. But numbers were never the point.
His whole life, he saw people suffering on deeper levels than they were taught how to address.
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A difficult home life made him see early how unchecked mental illness destroys lives and close relationships.
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As a tutor, he saw students struggle – not with intelligence, but with motivation and self-belief.
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In friends and peers, he kept seeing the same struggle: smart, capable people feeling lost, stuck, or burned out, chasing success but lacking fulfilment.
So he built a different kind of education — one that helps people of all ages find clarity, overcome destructive patterns, and move beyond a rote-learned life.
Rooted in philosophy, psychology, and nearly a decade of meditation and teaching, Nik’s work helps people take back the reins — and meet life with more confidence, clarity, and calm.
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