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