Amanda Braman-Ray’s Grand Prize Winning Entry
by Pace on October 2nd, 2009 @ 9:30 am in
Connection Paradigm
First prize in our “Change the World in One Minute” contest goes to Amanda Braman-Ray!
Amanda made her entry in the middle of the night a mere five days after giving birth to her second son. Way to show your devotion to the cause, Amanda!
Her prizes are:
- A physical copy of the Usual Error book, signed by both of us and our illustrator
- A signed sneak preview copy of the Usual Error audiobook before it is even released for sale!
- A one-hour coaching session with Pace and Kyeli on the subject of her choosing
- A custom avatar drawn especially for her by our own illustrious illustrator, Marty Whitmore
- A one-hour session of clutter clearing, space making, or to-do list taming with Lisa Baldwin, Declutter Sensation
- A half-hour idea blueprinting session with Megan Elizabeth Morris, That Idea Blueprint Girl
- A Copper dating/online profile workup with the ever-excellent E. from Geek’s Dream Girl
- An hour of 1-on-1 tech coaching with Johnny B. Truant
- A $50 shopping spree at Amazon.com
Wow, that’s a lot of really awesome stuff. I kinda wish I had won.
Anyway. Now, without further ado…
Thank you muchly, Amanda. Your video moved us both to tears and touched our hearts. Congratulations and well done!
- Related posts:
- Nathalie Lussier’s Winning Entry
- Megan E. Morris’s Winning Entry
- Surprising news about the contest
- Reminder: “Change the World in One Minute” Contest!
- Change the World in One Minute: A Contest!


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6 Comments!
#2 Posted by
Hayden Tompkins on October 2nd, 2009 1:22 pm | link
God, how painfully, heartbreaking honest. And just beautiful. Oh my god, Amanda you are SO BEAUTIFUL.
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#3 Posted by
Andy Hayes on October 2nd, 2009 1:50 pm | link
Stunning. Brilliant. Amazing. Lovely.
There aren’t words….especially the last sentence. POWERFUL.
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#4 Posted by
Nathalie Lussier on October 4th, 2009 1:11 pm | link
Way to go Amanda! Truly inspiring and transformational.
I love it, because indeed if you don’t know what you’re doing to change the world, no one else does either. Incredible!
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#5 Posted by
Johnny B. Truant on October 9th, 2009 9:35 am | link
That was awesome. I was halfway through it and was all like Neo in the Matrix, going, “Woah” when Morpheus did some crazy kung fu shit.
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#6 Posted by
Rachel Stivers on October 11th, 2009 11:22 pm | link
Wow, that was incredible. I’m with Andy, the last line was amazing. :)












#1 Posted by
Megan M. on October 2nd, 2009 12:37 pm | link
Ah!! Amanda, this was LOVELY! Well done.
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