Platinum Excellence Award

 

James Roche, Ali Brown, Doreen Rainey

I spent last week in Las Vegas attending Ali Brown's Shine Event.  One of the highlights for me was being a finalist in the Platinum Excellence Award which recognizes business owners who have experienced the greatest overall growth in their business.  Ali blogged about the results and I'm sharing it with you.

From Ali Brown Blog:

I want to send a quick congrats to the winners of my Platinum Excellence Awards and my Bankroll Your Business Competition. I know many of you have been following these contestants on my Facebook page, so let’s give them a big shout out!

2010 Platinum Excellence Award Winners

For the Platinum Excellence Awards, our first place winner is Angelique Rewers of Richer, Smarter, Happier -- for all of her hard work this year, Angelique won a free half-day of private one-on-one coaching with James Roche and myself. In a close 2nd place is Doreen Rainey, the Radical Success Coach. Doreen won a ONE hour strategy session with James. Angelique and Doreen were chosen because they won the highest percentage of votes from our SHINE attendees and James and I found their performance over the past year to be outstanding.

Ali, Doreen, Phil, Lisa, Trudy, Michelle, Angelique, James

It was a very tight competition, and every single one of our finalists deserve to be recognized for their achievements this year. Here is the full list of our 6 Platinum Excellence Award Finalists.

2010 Platinum Excellence Award Finalists

Angelique Rewers, Richer, Smarter, Happier

Doreen Rainey, Radical Success Coach

Lisa Manyon, Write On Creative Writing Services

Michele Little, One Chic Mama

Phil Dyer, Dyer Strategy Group

Trudy Scott, Trudy Scott Mood Food Expert

My Bankroll Your Business Competition

This is a BRAND new competition where I asked you guys to pitch me your business ideas for the chance to win $5,000 of start-up capital. I hand-selected these winners because of the confidence and passion I felt while watching their video pitch and just getting a sense of what felt right.

My Bankroll Your Business Competition Winners:

Our 1st place winner is Renee Preis, taking home $5,000 to start her business. And in 2nd place, Julie Matthews took home a free copy of my Online Success Blueprint 2.0 -- my fully upgraded version. Congratulations Renee and Julie!

Each contestant had to fill out a hand-written application and record a video pitch, telling me why they thought their business should win the $5,000 in start-up capital. Watch the videos here and get pumped to enter the contest next year!

Love and success,

Ali

Self-made entrepreneur and Inc. 500-ranked CEO Ali Brown teaches women around the world how to start and grow profitable businesses that make a positive impact. Get her FREE weekly articles and advice at www.AliBrown.com

© 2010 Ali International, LLC

Guess Who I Met in the Elevator?

Doreen Rainey and Liz Lange

I'm hanging out this week in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel attending Ali Brown's Shine Event. This three day conference is for women entrepreneurs who are looking to start or grow their business.

It's been a great time of learning, connecting with friends, and also enjoying some of what Las Vegas has to offer - especially one of my favorite restaurants on the strip...The Burger Bar at the Mandolay Bay. I love, love, love their veggie burger and sweet potato fries!

One of the keynote speakers at this event was Liz Lange - founder and Creative Director of Liz Lange Maternity. What I loved about her story was that she saw a need and decided to become the one to fill it. Noticing that some of her pregnant friends didn't shop at maternity stores, but rather tried to make regular clothes in a bigger size work, Liz was the first fashion designer to create chic, slim fitted, fashionable maternity clothes. In listening to her talk, I came away with 3 important points for achieving business success.

1. When you create something new, most people will tell you it won't work. At the time she decided to start her fashion line, maternity clothes were an afterthought. She talked to several retailers and experts in the field who said it would never work because women don't care how they look when they are pregnant. She chose to ignore the experts and stuck to her vision. The result: she forever changed an industry.

2. What if someone else does it? When she felt like giving up, she kept coming back to that question. What if she opened up a fashion magazine and saw someone else being successful with her idea?. That's what kept her going. When you latch on to your idea, passion, and goals, giving up is not an option.

3. Refuse to define yourself with what you can't do. Liz experienced a whole list of "can't" when building her business. She wasn't a designer, didn't sew, and didn't sketch. However, she chose to focus on what she could do - and took action.

When it comes to what you want to do - whether it's in your career, business or personal life, these are 3 points you want to always consider. In Liz's case, these were mantras that led her to create a business now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

But the best part? I got to give her a personal "thank you" for her inspiring message when I stepped on the elevator at the Wynn to go to my room. There she was. She was just as gracious and nice in person as she was on stage. And yes, the picture is from inside the elevator!

Thanks Liz for sharing your experience and your wisdom.

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Doreen Rainey is CEO of the RADICAL Success Institute, providing coaching programs to help people achieve RADICAL Success.  For more information, visit her website at www.doreenrainey.com

Stick a Fork In It

Is it done?

That book you've been writing. That degree you've been wanting. That project that could change your career. That budget that could get your finances in order. That conversation that could repair a relationship. That business plan you started. That closet you were cleaning out. That vegetable garden you've been planting.

What do you have in your life that's undone? You know...those things that we talk about. Those things that we start but never finish. The very things that we have invested some of our time, money and resources into. Those things we SAY are important, but our actions prove otherwise.

When it comes to getting those items done, two options come to mind.

Option #1

You can take the approach that "Sometimes, done is better than perfect." Want to write a book? Stop waiting for a burst of creativity or a large block of time. On your next lunch break, pull out paper and pen or open up Word and start writing. As someone who has written and published several fiction books, I've discovered a great button on the keyborad. It's called "delete". If you don't like what you've written, you can just delete it. But you can't delete what you don't write.

Been putting off a difficult conversation? Go ahead and set a time to talk or just call them up. You can start with "I don't know exactly what to say, but we need to talk. I feel..."

Want to plant a garden? Stop looking at that plot of land in the backyard and go to your local nursery and ask how to plant a few of your favorites indoors or in a small area outside. Buy the soil, the container, some seeds, and start planting.

Unfortunately, we can get so caught up in doing it right, making it perfect, having the best setting, or wanting to only do something when we know we can "give it the attention it needs", that days, weeks, months and years go by. So, I say you go with the theory that "done can be better than perfect" and get moving on your project today!

Option #2

Let it go. Simply decide that you are no longer interested in that goal and release yourself of the burden. Maybe you wanted to write a book, but now you don't. Maybe you wanted to plant a vegetable garden, but your local "Whole Foods" is serving you just fine. Maybe you wanted to finish school, but at this point, it's no longer a priority for you. If that's the case, give yourself permission to let it go and move on.

Who cares what people may think? It's your life, and you have the right to change your mind.

No matter which option you choose, the good news is that you can finally take that project and stick a fork in it...because it will be done!

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As the RADICAL Success Coach, Doreen Rainey helps her clients take charge of their professional and personal life.  To subscribe to her FREE bi-weekly newsletter and get 7 RADICAL Tips that you can use today, visit her website.

America's Toughest Trainer - Jillian Michaels

As one of the trainer's on The Biggest Loser, and now with her own show, Losing It with Jillian, Jillian Michaels is America's toughest trainer.  She has managed to inspire a nation to get off their butt and get healthier.

She has been a part of the Get RADICAL Women's Conference for the past two years and what I love most about her is that she is genuine.  She genuinely cares, she's genuinely nice, and she truly cares about those who are seeking her help.

Check out some of the highlights from her speech at the 2010 conference and then be sure to join me and Jillian at the 2011 conference.

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Doreen Rainey is a Life Coach and Speaker who helps her clients Get RADICAL! For a FREE 30 day membership to the RADICAL Lifestyle Success Network or to subscribe to her bi-weekly newsletter, visit her website.

Get Unstuck

One of the common challenges my clients face are finding ways to get unstuck.  They have been wanting to achieve a goal for a while, but haven't made any real progress towards it.  They want to move forward, they want to take action, but find their feet stuck in quicksand. 

One of the great talents that Valorie Burton has is helping people get unstuck.  She was one of the incredible speakers at the 2010 Get RADICAL Women's Conference and here are some highlights from her speech.  She shares some reasons we get stuck - and some strategies for finally moving forward.

Highlights and Lessons

To say things have been busy since the conference is an understatement!  I have busy working with coaching clients, speaking and training, updating my website and planning a fantastic RADICAL retreat this fall. 

Over the next several weeks, I'll be sharing highlight videos from the speakers at the conference.  And first up - is me!  Below are two clips from my speech, What 13.1 Miles Can Teach You.  I'm sharing life lessons I leanred while training for, and then completing, my first half maration.

Also, take a look at my brand new, redesigned website - http://www.doreenrainey.com/.  This new site allows better navigation and easy access to all of my programs and services.

Finally, do you want to get away?????  Then be sure to attend my Get RADICAL Women's Retreat, September 10 - 12, 2010 at Red Mountain Spa in St. George, Utah.  All the details can be found on the retreat website.  You can also listen to a preview call I did that shared all the details about the retreat, including who should attend, the content of the workshops, the results you'll get and the location. There are only 24 spots available for this amazing 3 day/ 2 night adventure.  Won't you join us?

           

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Doreen Rainey is a Life Coach and Speaker who helps her clients Get RADICAL! Join her for her upcoming Get RADICAL Women's Retreat. To find out more about all of her upcoming events, visit her website.

Photo Highlights from Get RADICAL Women's Conference

The 2010 Get RADICAL Women's Conference was incredible.  I'll be sharing info from the speakers in the coming weeks.  All them gave fantastic advice for taking charge of your professional and personal life.  Here's some photo highlights from the conference - set to the "Get RADICAL" - the conference theme song.