Christa Nichols

HOW TO SAVE YOUR SANITY – BEFORE SIGNING A NEW CLIENT WHO WILL TRY TO STEAL IT – BY IDENTIFYING RED FLAGS EARLY ON

Nightmare clients. We’ve all had ’em. Needy and demanding or demeaning and dismissive, these special 🦄unicorns should come with a warning label and a disclaimer. Ask anyone in a service-based business, and they can tell you STORIES! Middle of the night calls Unrealistic expectations Demanding tons of work for little $$ I had one once who […]

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BURNING OUT FAST: HOW TO NOT SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST WHEN YOUR BUSINESS FEELS LIKE A DUMPSTER FIRE

I was a graphic designer for 16 years until one day I heard through the grapevine that the company that held 80% of my contracts was shutting down. That was so fun. Not. What should I do? Should I go get a job? Sell a kidney? Lay down and cry? Yeah, no. I didn’t do

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LEARNING BY ASSOCIATION: LEVERAGING WHO YOU KNOW TO INCREASE WHAT YOU KNOW

Good morning friends! Yesterday we talked about accidental learning, and I gave you some tips on how to be more purposeful about looking for and using the things you learn unexpectedly in your day to day lives. Be aware. Be available. Be amenable. You never know when you’ll come across something that will become a

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ACCIDENTAL LEARNING: LEVERAGING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED BY ACCIDENT FOR YOUR BUSINESS

We have all heard this phrase before. It looks great on a Pinterest board or a Facebook wall with a scenic photo as a background and a few well-placed, hand drawn leaves and flower embellishments. It rolls easily off the tongue when we’re presented with something new or novel that we didn’t know before. But

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DIVERSIONS AND DISTRACTIONS: THE THINGS THAT KEEP US FROM WORKING

I had such great intentions of posting the third article in my current blog series on taking risks in business, “Diving Deep:  Learning New Skills” by now.  See, I even have a catchy title. But you know what? Sometimes life happens, and this week, life has definitely happened. Here are some of the diversions that

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