Happy Friendship Friday!

Hello Friends!


Happy Friendship Friday Everyone! We're enjoying the many new connections we've made and are thrilled to learn more about all of you through our previous Friendship Friday posts. We know you're enjoying them as much as we have and we look forward to the many more connections to come!

In honor of today's Friendship Friday celebrations, we dedicate this week's post to our dearest friends Craig and Giovanna Garcia.

Mere words can not describe the profound difference these friends have made in our lives with our personal growth and in business. We've only known this lovely couple for a short time, but they will always hold a special place in our hearts and our lives. They are the reason our Believe Achieve blog came to fruition. It was Craig and Giovanna who inspired us to begin a blog. And with their support and guidance, we've seen success not just in our blog but in many other areas of our lives.

Most of you may already know Craig and Giovanna. Craig Garcia is an Industry Leader in Internet Marketing and Giovanna Garcia is a Professional Blogger. Both are Professional Inspirational Speakers, Authors, Business Coaches/Owners/Trainers and the BEST Mentors anyone can have! They are not only Experts in their line of business, but also the two most kind, generous and genuine people you will ever meet. The kind of people that make you feel you've known them all your life. You all deserve to have them in your lives, too. We are truly grateful everyday to have them part of ours.

To get to know more about our dear friend, Craig Garcia, be sure to visit him at www.CraigGarcia.tv And to get to know our beautiful friend, Giovanna Garcia, you can visit her site at www.ImperfectAction.com

"True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends,

but in their worth and value."

Many Blessings....

Hugo and Roxanne
Believe Achieve

Today's Friendship Question:
Has a Special Friend made a Postive impact in your life? We look forward to hearing from you!


Further Reading:
Interview With Giovanna Garcia

Interview with Giovanna Garcia of Imperfect Action - Part Three

It all starts with Belief. Believing in yourself, then Achieving what you set out to do.

Giovanna says,

"I think belief is what gives you the eyes to open...open your eyes to what is around you. At one point in my life it was all crap....the belief in myself allowed me to see beyond the crap. Something that was not tangible at the time, but you knew it was out there. And then with Imperfect Action, I started taking action and I found my way to the end of Achieve. What I wanted, what I believed that I could do and I did."

In order to get to this point, we have to start with ourselves. We need to know who we are, instill faith in ourselves and as Giovanna says,

"...believe that you are okay, then everything else is okay."

Because Giovanna is also a Business Coach, she uses the example of fearing to make a prospecting call to show what it means to be 'okay.' Most of time, our fears are the fear of the unknown. We're not fearing if making that prospecting call will result in situation A or B. Our fear stems from not knowing what is going to happen.

"....so if we were self-assured, and we know who we are inside, then it makes it okay that we don't know what's going to come out of it."

Giovanna gives another wonderful example.

"....if I get into a car and I'm familier with my neighborhood,...I know the streets, I know I can drive and I can read a map, so it's okay to tell me to visit you at your home if I've never been there before. Because I know I can look at a map. I know I can find my way....I may circle around a little bit...but I'll get there....You need to know yourself, trust yourself, and have the belief in yourself that you are okay. You are alright. And as you venture out to start your enterprise, start making your prospecting calls, or venturing out to live in a new country.... even though you don't know what all the steps are, but you have the faith in you."

So, let's get in the car. What's stopping us? We know how to navigate and read a map. Eventually, we will get there.

"It will be okay."

Let's begin our journey to perfection by taking imperfect actions because "Imperfect Action is Better Than No Action."

We ask Giovanna, "If there was one Imperfect Action we can all do today, what would it be?"

Her answer:

"Listen to your heart and just do it, whatever your heart tells you."

We could not have said it any better. Today, we challenge you to do what makes your heart sing. Begin your journey of Imperfect Actions to achieve all you set out to do. Achieve the life you have always dreamed of, seek the happiness and love you most desire and achieve great success in all your ventures. Everything begins with your first steps. Only you can take the steps.

Believe in yourself. Have faith. Listen to your heart. And Go for it!

"Imperfect Action is Better Than No Action."

Many Blessings....
Hugo and Roxanne
~ Believe Achieve ~


You all deserve to have Giovanna in your life. We are so grateful to have her in ours. She's made a tremendous difference in the lives of so many struggling with fear and procrastination. Let her guide you to finding your Passion in life and clarify your visions and goals to soar your business and personal growth to new heights. Visit http://www.imperfectaction.com/ to learn more. Be sure to also visit her Inspirational Blog. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Further Reading:
Interview with Giovanna Garcia - Part One
Interview with Giovanna Garcia - Part Two

Interview with Giovanna Garcia of Imperfect Action - Part Two

Giovanna no longer wanted to be consumed with sadness. She wanted to fit into this new country and speak their language. She wanted to find love and desired to change her life around.

She had no idea where to begin. She'd ask herself,

"How am I going to get out of this? How am I going to fit in this new country all by myself. How am I not going to be depressed anymore? And how am I going to find love, when I have no idea what love is? I didn't even know how to love myself."

Most of us can relate to her experience. We have all asked ourselves these questions at one point in our lives. We may have wanted something more or felt something was missing, but didn't know how to attain it.

Unlike when,

"You go to school and you want to build a rocket. You can open up a book and it tells you what to do. When you're out in real life, there is NO book." says Giovanna.

Then it occurred to her,

"You know what Gio, you're just going to have to start taking some action, and if nothing else, give it a whirl....if it doesn't, then say it didn't work."

She shares with us the story of Thomas Edison and his great invention of the light bulb. The process of developing the light bulb took over 2000 tries. Thomas Edison never quit!

".....you just keep trying." Giovanna says.

When Giovanna began her journey of Imperfect Actions, it started with baby steps in leaving the house. Even stepping foot at the front door was an achievement. Then the front door led to going to the supermarket. These little steps helped her overcome her depression. Big or small, what matters most is that we are moving forward and taking action.

Giovanna says, "And then from there, the doors opened! I realized if I can do that with Love...finding how to love myself and take care of myself, I can get to the next level."

She began to answer her own questions and changed her thoughts to a more positive direction. She told herself she would fit into this foreign country and learn English. And to do that, she would take action to learn and speak the language. And just start speaking!

She'd say, "I can't be suicidal, I'm only this young." She realized, "....there's got to be something better and I went out there swinging."

Stay tuned for Part Three
Giovanna explains how it all begins....how you can start taking Imperfect Action in your life starting today.

Many Blessings....
Hugo and Roxanne
~ Believe Achieve ~


Further Reading:
Interview with Giovanna Garcia - Part One
Interview with Giovanna Garcia - Part Three

Interview with Giovanna Garcia of Imperfect Action - Part One

Here at BelieveAchieveNow.com, we believe that in order to achieve success in any area of our lives, we must begin by believing in ourselves. This belief, along with taking action, leads us to discovering our truest potential. It's our actions, whether massive or baby steps, which is key to achieving all that we desire in life. So, how does one get started?

Today, Inspirational Speaker and Success Coach, Giovanna Garcia of Imperfect Action, shares her message "Imperfect Action is Better than No Action." Her message is empowering thousands to take action in their lives. We had the grand honor of interviewing her and found her message of "Imperfect Action" worked synergistically with "Believe Achieve."

Are YOU ready to take Action in your life? Let's get started!

Giovanna says Imperfect Action is, "Action with a twist."

"The philosophy of 'Imperfect Action is Better than No Action', is about people getting empowered by saying 'I want to do something in this area of my life, with my profession, with my weight, with my happiness, my love life, or spirituality'.... Go for it! You're going to find perfection in your journey of a whole bunch of Imperfect Actions."

Often times people want to make sure of EVERYTHING before taking any action. They begin preparing and analyzing too much. But what they don't realize is,

"....there is no measure of perfect."

Yet, people continue to refine, fine tune and ask questions. And before they know it, a year has gone by and they still haven't taken any action.

Are You guilty of this?

It's okay, most of us are. That's why we knew the importance of having Giovanna share with us how we can begin to take action to better our lives. What matters most is how we finish.

This is her story:

Giovanna's childhood was surely less than perfect. This resulted in an enormous amount of emotional baggage and a laundry basket of issues. There was even a time when she didn't leave the house for 4 months due to depression. She was married and divorced by the time she was twenty, living in a foreign country without family and didn't speak a word of English at sixteen.

"....all those things hit and that was when I was at my darkest moment. I
was suicidal."

Her journey of Imperfect Actions begins.....

Stay tuned for Part Two.

Many Blessings....
Hugo and Roxanne
~ Believe Achieve ~


Futher Reading:
Interview with Giovanna Garcia - Part Two
Interview with Giovanna Garcia - Part Three

BELIEVE ACHIEVE - 5 Reasons Why Public Speaking Helps Your Personal Growth

Public speaking is probably one of the biggest secret fears known to man. There's something about speaking in public that makes us tense up, breathe irregularly (or breathe at all, lol), and makes us perspire like mad.
Why is public speaking so feared? And how can learning to speak in public create huge leaps in our personal growth?

Hugo and I just returned from the most incredible marketing seminar hosted by Craig and Giovanna Garcia of the Executive Development Center. We not only came home with countless "Million Dollar" tips to soar our business, but we also learned the importance of public speaking and how learning to do so can bring more into our lives. Here are our 5 reasons why you should add public speaking into your journey of self-discovery.

1. Get out of your comfort zone! Standing in front of an audience will surely get you out of your comfort zone, let alone speaking in front of one. But in order to expand ourselves, it's imperative to step out and try something new.

2. Relax and breathe. It's difficult to speak in general if we aren't breathing and relaxed. Speaking in public teaches us to breathe deeply and "go with the flow." This allows us to relax. Being relaxed allows us to not over think so much, because it's the over thinking which makes us nervous.

3. Overcome your fears. Because many people are simply terrified of speaking in public, more reason for us to just get up and do it! The first step to overcoming any fear is to expose ourselves to it. With practice and exposure, it gets much easier.

4. Speaking from the heart. When you have passion for what you speak and you speak from the heart, there is no need to fear how the audience will react. The heart only speaks one language and everyone understands it. You'll never fail when you speak from the heart.

5. It's Liberating! It truly is liberating! It gives you a great sense of accomplishment because you didn't let fear or your nervousness take control. You'll feel like you've taken over the world. You're unstoppable! :-)

We definitely encourage everyone to try it. Start off by doing introductions and sharing a little about yourself. And soon you'll be sharing your life adventures with ease. The first steps are always the most difficult, but none the less, baby steps are still steps in the right direction. It will surely help you in gaining more self-confidence, higher self-esteem and you'll be so proud of yourself. We'll be proud of you, too!

Many Blessings....
Hugo and Roxanne
~ Believe Achieve ~

Take Your Imperfect Action TODAY!!

Our wonderful friend and mentor, Giovanna Garcia, is spreading an incredible message to the world!!

Imperfect Action is Better Than NO Action!!

Her movement is inspiring individuals to take their Imperfect Action to pursue their life's greatest achievements and to improve the quality of their lives. Fear of the unknown, the outcome and procrastination all seem to be standing in people's way of living a life they've always dreamed of. Her message is take that initial action, perfect or imperfect, it was still paving the way to something GREAT AND POSITIVE. We may not know the outcome, but taking the action to get there, was better than NO action at all.

We know you all have many wonderful stories to share where you have taken an Imperfect Action which resulted in something more incredible than you could have ever imagined. Or maybe you're taking your Imperfect Action now to follow your dreams. Either way, share your story to the world!! The 2 minutes it takes to share your story can single-handedly INSPIRE and change someone's life!! "How Wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world." ~Anne Frank

Be a part of this incredible movement!! INSPIRE others!! BELIEVE you can make a difference and ACHIEVE great success!!

Visit www.ImperfectAction.com to share your I-Action Video Today!!

Many Blessings....

Hugo and Roxanne
~ Believe Achieve ~

Here's our 2 minutes!! We hope to INSPIRE you and everyone else who watches this video!!