82 | Taking Your Business From Good to Great with Nicola Wilkes

Success Coach, Nicola Wilkes, works with women in the creative and design industry, showing them how to take their business from good to great. With a design career spanning two decades working for designer furniture retailers, writing for global interiors magazines such as Elle Decoration and creating, running and successfully selling her own interiors brand and lifestyle store, House Envy - which was granted Cool Brand Status two years running - Nicola shares all of her learnings from two decades with her high achieving clients so they too can reach the same levels of career success. Crista met Nicola on Necker Island, where almost every day they had a chance to connect over sunsets on their shared balcony and realize they are both seriously passionate about helping women entrepreneurs achieve their biggest dreams. Pairing her decades of experience in the creative space and her accreditation by the International Coaching Federation, Nicola works with women in the creative and design space to help them realize they can be creative AND have a successful business.  In today’s episode Crista and Nicola discuss: 3:42 pinch me moments on Necker Island 5:55 Nicola’s biggest takeaways from Necker Island 6:26 the importance of connecting with nature 7:44 what you need to get rid of to recognize your biggest dreams 9:32 reasons why entrepreneurs play small 12:21 how to pursue your biggest dreams when you don’t know what to do next 13:31 two questions you can ask yourself when you feel stuck 15:51 why business is like a video game 18:29 why people fall out of love with their business 22:09 what to do when good is no longer good enough 24:09 the #1 think you need to do in order to fall back in love with your life and your business 24:47 Nicola’s tips on how to fall back in love with your business 26:07 why vision boards work 28:89 why creatives often tell themselves they aren’t good at business (and why that isn’t true) Links From This Episode: Connect more with Nicola at www.seriouslystylishbusiness.co.uk Nicola’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/seriouslystylishbusiness.co.uk Nicolawilkes.com Listen to the Empowered Business Woman Podcast Books Mentioned: If Women Rose Rooted Start with Why