Improve Yourself! 2010: The Grand Champion
The votes are in, and the winner of Improve Yourself! 2010 is…[drumroll]…[loud cheering]…[unbridled anticipation]…
…Krystal! Congratulations Krystal on your well-deserved title of Improve Yourself Champion. I’ll be contacting you by email to get you your $100 Amazon gift card.
By the way, Krystal wasn’t the only $100 winner in this challenge. Through the generosity and enthusiasm of my friend Brad Chaffee of Enemy of Debt, Sherry also won $100 for being one of those that joined the challenge from Enemy of Debt and stuck it through to the end. Congratulations Sherry, and I hope you have enjoyed yourself enough to stick around at Engaged Marriage now that the challenge is over. 
And the “Non-Winners” Are…
As the weeks wore on, many of those that began the challenge with such enthusiasm at the turn of the New Year began to drop out. As promised in my announcement post, it is now time to post the names of the lost. This is all in good fun of course, but if you find your name here, you have some explaining to do! 
Amanda (Garibay Soup)
Aimee Williams
Ellyn
Kelly
Samantha
Vote for the Winner of Improve Yourself! 2010
After an incredible eight weeks of motivation, accountability and an awesome sense of community, the Improve Yourself! 2010 challenge has come to an end.
It is now time to crown the champion of the contest and award them with a well-deserved $100 gift card to Amazon. I had originally planned to pick the top three participants based on their achievements, but that was frankly just too tough. Plus, I make the rules around here, so I picked five!
In case you haven’t been following the challenge closely (or you were a drop-out), I have included the “final report” from each of the five finalists. Please read these fantastic achievements and select your favorite in the poll below.
Voting ends Sunday, March 7th at 11:59 p.m. central time so don’t hesitate!
The Final Reports From Our Five Finalists:
Jen
Wow…8 weeks went by really fast. My original goal was to work on not getting so irritated when my husband offers advice or instructions in what I call his “talking to a two year old tone.” I can honestly say that while I may still get a little irritated I have stopped saying mean or rude things back and starting a fight.
Improve Yourself: The Final Report!
We made it! Today represents the official end to the Improve Yourself! 2010 challenge, but we still have a winner to select…
If you started with us back in the Announcement Post, you are eligible for the grand prize of a $100 Amazon gift card. Of course, I know who has been reporting in each week, and I have to say that they’ll have a definite advantage in making the finals.
Regardless, I’d love to hear from everyone to see how they did with their SMART goals. And this is your last chance to make an appearance and not be counted among those that quit!
What Do You Need to Do Now?
It’s simple. In the comments below, please give a brief summary of what you accomplished during this 8-week challenge, how it compares to your initial goals and what it has meant to you and your marriage.
That’s all there is to it. Just be sure to leave your comment before Tuesday, March 2nd at 11:59 p.m. central time.
Improve Yourself! Week 8: Don’t Accept Mediocrity!
Wow! We are now entering the FINAL week of the Improve Yourself! challenge. I am excited that you are still reading this series, and I hope you are closer to reaching your goals now than you were seven weeks ago.
A Peek Ahead
This will be the last giveaway week before we crown an overall winner who will walk away with a $100 gift card from Amazon. So, this week you’ll just give the typical update about your progress over the past week.
Next Sunday (February 28th), you will each provide a summary of what you accomplished during the full 8-week challenge. Based on those summaries and my own impressions throughout the competition, I will pick the top three contenders from the group and ask them to share their story in a special post a few days later. We will all then vote for the top story and those votes will determine the overall winner. Then comes the glory and the cash…now back to this week!
Improve Yourself! Week 7: Communicate for Success
Welcome to week 7 of the challenge, and Happy Valentine’s Day! This week I want to focus on just how important communication is to success in all areas of our lives. Let’s see if I can communicate my thoughts effectively…
Think About Your Areas of Success
When I take some time to reflect on my life and identify areas where I have been successful, I can quickly see that good communication is a key to success. In my career as a consulting engineer, it’s not math or even reason that sets apart the best engineers and companies. Nope, it’s the ability to convey complex ideas in understandable terms both in person and in written form.
Engaged Marriage has a lot of growing to do to meet my goals for this site and its reach to married couples throughout the world. However, I think it’s fair to say that our first 5+ months here have been quite successful. Obviously, the content is critical for the success of any blog.
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