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Tina Wells: The Elevation Approach, How to Achieve Work-Life Harmony While Still Crushing Your Goals | E239

Aug 18, 2023

Tina Wells, a successful entrepreneur, discusses her journey from running a market agency to discovering her passion for creating content. She shares techniques for achieving work-life harmony, including decluttering, creating rituals, and tracking health-related numbers. The importance of starting and pivoting in entrepreneurship is also highlighted.

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Tina Wells

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Quick takeaways

Building authentic relationships and creating rituals are essential for achieving work-life harmony.

Leveraging skills from previous industries can lead to successful transitions and scalable ventures.

Tina Wells's elevation approach consists of preparation, inspiration, recreation, and transformation phases to achieve work-life harmony and sustainable success.

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Importance of Building Relationships and Creating Rituals

In the podcast episode, Tina Wells discusses the importance of building strong relationships and creating rituals to achieve work-life harmony. She emphasizes the need to invest time and effort in cultivating authentic connections with others, rather than simply collecting business cards or superficial contacts. Wells also highlights the significance of having friend-tours, who are peers that hold you accountable and challenge you to grow. Additionally, she explores the role of rituals in grounding oneself and maintaining balance, especially during busy or stressful periods. By incorporating meaningful routines and practices into daily life, individuals can cultivate inspiration, sustain healthy relationships, and support their overall well-being.

Introduction

3min

Tina Wells: The Journey of an Accidental Entrepreneur

5min

The Journey of an Entrepreneur: Success, Burnout, and the Quest for Fulfillment

13min

Starting and Pivoting: The Key to Success

8min

Work-Life Harmony and the Elevation Approach

10min

Quantifying Goals Beyond Financial Numbers

10min

Creating Rituals for Work-Life Harmony

19min

A few years ago, Tina Wells came to a crossroads in running her market agency. She was living the dream of growing her seven-figure business, but she was also on the express train to burnout. Tina had to either find a way to make more money or figure out a new way to work. She decided to close her company. It proved to be the best thing she could have done, and she discovered that what she truly loved was creating content. In today’s episode, Tina will share what she learned about achieving work-life harmony and share some techniques that will help you meet your goals without sacrificing joy.

Tina Wells is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, brand builder, and creator of the Elevation Tribe community. Tina has been creating opportunities to help others launch, grow, and lead companies for decades. She is the author of best-selling tween fiction series Mackenzie Blue, and its new spinoff series, The Zee Files. Her most recent book,The Elevation Approach: Harness the Power of Work-Life Harmony to Unlock Your Creativity, Cultivate Joy, and Reach Your Biggest Goals, was released earlier this year.

In this episode, Hala and Tina will discuss:

- Her start as an “accidental entrepreneur”

- How she fell out of love with her marketing career

- The challenges of being a Black female entrepreneur

- Work-life balance vs. work-life harmony.

- How to maintain a work-life harmony

- How decluttering can transform your efficiency

- Ways to create rituals for yourself

- Recreational activities to recharge you

- Choosing joy over happiness

- And other topics…

Tina Wells is the founder of RLVNT Media, a multimedia content venture serving entrepreneurs, tweens, and culturists with authentic representation. Tina has been recognized by Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business, Essence’s 40 Under 40, and more. For over two decades, she led Buzz Marketing Group, an agency she founded at age 16 with clients like Dell, The Oprah Winfrey Network, Kroger, Apple, P+G, Johnson & Johnson, and American Eagle that Tina connected with her network of 30,000 buzzSpotters® and 7,000 “momSpotters”, all influential millennials and passionate end-consumers. Tina is also the author of several books, including the best-selling tween fiction series Mackenzie Blue, its new spinoff series, The Zee Files, and the marketing handbook, Chasing Youth Culture and Getting It Right.

Resources Mentioned:

Tina’s Website: https://tinawells.com/

Tina’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinawells/

Tina’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinacwells

Tina’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinawells/

Tina’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twells17

Tina’s latest book, The Elevation Approach: Harness the Power of Work-Life Harmony to Unlock Your Creativity, Cultivate Joy, and Reach Your Biggest Goals: https://www.amazon.com/Elevation-Approach-Work-Life-Creativity-Cultivate/dp/0593580249

The Elevation Approach Course: https://tinawells.com/the-elevation-approach/

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