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THE ELEVATION APPROACH

Stephanie Smith Tina Wells

Harness the Power of Work-Life Harmony to Unlock your Creativity, Cultivate Joy, and Reach Your Biggest Goals

Make room for your dreams and revolutionize how you manage your time and energy using this innovative framework for finding work-life harmony from an accomplished entrepreneur and business strategist.
Tina Wells has always found a way to get things done, even without a roadmap to guide her. At sixteen, she turned a gig writing product reviews into a business that later became an award-winning, multimillion-dollar marketing agency. As the go-to expert on youth marketing, she pitched companies like Apple, Sony, and Proctor & Gamble, often as one of the youngest and sometime only black woman in the room. Outside of the office, she said yes to many exciting opportunities, landing a career-changing feature in O Magazine, teaching entrepreneurship classes at a Wharton School program for teens, and accepting membership invitations to boards whose other members didn't look like her. But behind the scenes of these accomplishments, she felt depleted, exhausted, and burnt out. Saddled with projects that didn't always feel rewarding and questioning her next move, she needed a new way to figure out how to reallocate her time and energy to the things that mattered most to her.

Tina found her solution by developing THE ELEVATION APPROACH, a four-phase plan that helped her create work-life harmony. Instead of treating work and life as separate and opposing forces and pitting one against the other, she learned how integrating your personal and professional ambitions, values, and responsibilities can help you achieve any goal without sacrifice:
- Preparation: Ask the right questions, get curious about the possibilities, and figure out what you have, what you need, and what you can give.
- Inspiration: Expand your beliefs of what's possible - create spaces for mind-wandering, relearn how to pay attention, and collect creative sparks.
- Recreation: Hit reset, make room for rest and play, and when something isn't working, give yourself permission to try something new.
- Transformation: Evaluate the work that you've done, decide whether to stay the course, and celebrate the changes and goals you've accomplished.

Whether you want to start a new business, find time for a new hobby, or reevaluate a relationship, THE ELEVATION APPROACH can help you make impactful shifts and realize your most cherished dreams - without losing sight of what matters most to you.

Tina Wells is the founder of RLVNT Media, a multimedia content venture that brings culture-shifting storytelling and beloved products to market through innovative partnerships. Tina has been recognized by Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business, Essence's 40 Under 40, Cosmopolitan's Fun Fearless Phenom, and more. She is the author of ten books, including the middle-grade novel Honest June; the bestselling tween fiction series Mackenzie Blue; its spinoff series, The Zee Files; and the marketing handbook Chasing Youth Culture and Getting It Right.
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Published 2023-03-21 by Rodale

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Tina has a dynamic presence on and off the page, and you can get a glimpse of this on a podcast she recorded with Marie Forleo Read more...

Tina Wells has a gift for breaking down information and reframing challenges into solutions. She does just that in her new book, The Elevation Approach. She provides advice in such a personalized way that you feel you are communicating with your best friend. Tina's pragmatic and thoughtful approach to live a more fulfilling and harmonious life is inspirational and truly feels achievable.

Tina Wells offers a powerful, innovative plan for finding creative fulfillment and bringing your passions to life. Her brilliant advice will help you open doors and uncover exciting possibilities.

Anyone chasing work-life balance, feeling stuck, or even bewildered about how to achieve true happiness must read The Elevation Approach. It's the rare book that offers practical and actionable advice about how to fashion the life of your dreams.

With The Elevation Approach, Tina Wells will help you forge new paths, stay true to your purpose, and prioritize everything that matters most in your life. Her gentle encouragement, indispensable tools, and motivating stories will give you the confidence to dream big and make big things happen.

Tina Wells has delivered us all a great gift: lessons she's learned through decades of success in business in an approachable how-to guide to living your best life. The Elevation Approach will help women of all ages reach whatever goals or dreams they have, no matter how big or small. Not only is the advice great for tackling challenges or kick-starting new adventures, it helps you find joy in the process as you go. It helps us let go of the great illusion of work-life balance, while replacing it with something far richer and more achievablework-life harmony.