Ken McArthur Says, “Speak Up Save Lives!”

Hey Folks,

Thursday morning VERY early, I’m grabbing the IMPACT ACTION TEAM, getting on a jet and heading for the CIRCUS BIG TOP to do a presentation in front of 2,000 people at Brendon Burchard’s …

Life’s Golden Ticket Super Seminar - Long Beach, CA - September 26th-28th

One critic said this event was “like Tony Robbins meets Cirque du Soleil” because Brendon Burchard has put together an event that is part motivational seminar, part circus and social theater. This is DEFINITELY different than anything that has ever been done before.

The Impact Action Team has been gearing up ever since the Impact Boot Camp, just to prove the point that one person can really have an impact and make a difference in this noisy world.

Now, we need to produce the NUMBERS

Friday morning we will be announcing a THREE DAY CHALLENGE to the 2,000 people that come to the event and YOU CAN TAKE PART whether you are able to attend or not. The challenge will be announced right in the center ring of this amazing circus tent …

BUT …

WE NEED YOU TO TAKE PART, no matter where in the world you are this weekend as we spread the message to SPEAK UP! SAVE LIVES! and tell people about the amazing G-I-V-E message that the Impact Action Team has created to raise awareness, resources and access to help for people fighting to help prevent teen suicide throughout the world.

I would LOVE to have you join in the adventure with this amazing Impact Action Team to save the lives of countless teens who feel that life is not worth living.

You can do this weekend along with everyone who is live at the event by  …

• Spreading the G-I-V-E message to people, in person, via a newsletter, teleconference, article, radio or television appearance or speaking opportunity,
• Giving Dollars to  Jason Foundation or Light for Life to help prevent teen suicide.
• Connecting an Impact Action Team member to a key-influencer who can help spread the message to G-I-V-E and prevent teen suicide.

JUST BE SURE TO LET ME KNOW THE NUMBERS!

One of the sad facts of life is that we don’t thing that what we do really matters and I want to prove that it does, by creating some pretty amazing NUMBERS.

THREE THINGS THAT WILL PROVE THAT YOU CAN DO AMAZING THINGS - JUST GIVE ME THE NUMBERS!

1. Can you let me know HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN TOUCH WITH THIS MESSAGE?
2. Can you let me know HOW MUCH you might be able to GIVE
3. Can you help us spread the word by putting the team in touch with someone that you think can spread the word to thousands if not millions.

PLEASE FILL OUT THIS SIMPLE FORM RIGHT NOW AND LET US KNOW!

Here are a few facts you might not realize.

• The third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds is suicide.
• Every day, more than 80 Americans commit suicide- and 1500 more attempt it.
• America lost more teens to suicide last year than the total number of soldiers lost in the Iraq war

But we can help prevent suicide right now by doing a few simple LITTLE things!

• Greet-say hello, make eye contact, pass a smile on to the people you encounter.
• Include- Include yourself in the world around you, and invite others to be a part of what you are doing. Reach out, especially if you see someone starting to withdraw.
• Validate- This can be as simple as a ‘thank you’ or a genuine complement. Let others know you
  appreciate them.
• Empathize- Be a listening ear. We can’t always relate to the problems or stories of another, but often all you need to do is be fully present as you hear them to truly help the person sharing!

Use this simple acronym to remember what you can do every day to make a difference and perhaps save a life!

And promise today to let someone else know!

The Impact Action Team put a lot of work into making this all happen.  Here they are plugging away at the Impact Boot Camp.

This weekend they will be spreading the message to thousands and YOU CAN TO!

Click here to let us know you can help spread the word!  You can save a life this weekend!

All the best,

Ken McArthur
SpeakUpSaveLives.org
TheImpactFactor.com
KenMcArthur.com
jvAlertLive.com

P.S. For more information on the techniques we are using to create awareness of this silent killer, grab a copy of the best-selling book, Impact: How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions and Make a
Difference in a Noise World.

Hey Folks,

Let use know EXACTLY what kind of results you are having.  Did you GIVE today?

• G – Greet and meet: talk to others, smile, say hello, ask someone how they are doing
• I – Involve yourself and others: find a cause you can support, volunteer, pledge resources. Get the people around you involved, especially if you see someone beginning to withdraw. Invite them to participate in some activity, to “get out” of their comfort zone
• V – Validate others: tell others that they matter – especially family members and friends that you tend to see daily but may take for granted, give genuine complements
• E – Empathize: be a listening ear, take time to be fully present, don’t try to solve – just acknowledge someone’s feeling/hurt

Let us know how many people you were able to touch today.  How many people read your blog entries, listened to you speak, saw you on radio or television.  Tell us how many people were touched by your message of hope. Tell us how you supported organizations with your time and money as a result of seeing the amazing adventure that we are on to help support people who are struggling with this disaster.

So what can you do today to save lives?

1. Subscribe to our newsletter!

2. Make a promise to yourself to volunteer, spread the word, share this website or give funds to an suicide or mental health organization of your choice.

3. Leave a comment and let us know what you’ve done.

4. Join us live in Long Beach, California at Life’s Golden Ticket Super Conference and meet the entire team!

Here are some brand new video promos for our quest to spread the message in Long Beach.  Can you post them on your blogs and spread the word?

Here’s a peek at the promo videos:

Promo One:

[googlevideo] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5229329782107471233[/googlevideo]

Promo Two:

Promo Three:

Promo Four:

Promo Five:

Here are the direct links to the videos to embed on your own sites:

Speak Up Save Lives Promo 1

Speak Up Save Lives Promo 2

Speak Up Save Lives Promo 3

Speak Up Save Lives Promo 4

Speak Up Save Lives Promo 5

Invite People to Join Us in Long Beach!

Here’s the link to invite people to Life’s Golden Ticket Super Conference and meet the entire team!

More coming very soon!

All the best,

Ken McArthur
SpeakUpSaveLives.org
TheImpactFactor.com
KenMcArthur.com
jvAlertLive.com

P.S. For more information on the techniques we are using to create awareness of this silent killer, grab a copy of the best-selling book, Impact: How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions and Make a
Difference in a Noise World.

Teen suicide is a much bigger problem than you are aware of, I’ll bet.

Why is this?

The media, for one, has a responsibility to keep some of the more frightening and disturbing aspects of suicide very low-key… statistics show that, after a news story about a suicide, the number of suicides goes unnaturally higher for a time.
Same with things like spree killings, or racial attacks…

It seems that by publicizing a deviant or taboo behavior, the media manages to validate the behavior for those who might already be struggling with
the desire to act out.

Result?

Less is made of the shocking truths about teen suicide than perhaps should be. For example:

• The third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds is suicide.
• Every day, more than 80 Americans commit suicide- and 1500 more attempt it.
• America lost more teens to suicide last year than the total number of soldiers lost in the Iraq war.

Don’t you think this problem might be taking more seriously if more people could be made aware of these facts?
While it is not the intent of the Impact Team to shower the media with these chilling statistics, we do feel it is vital to bring more awareness to this quiet killer.

Some of the obstacles we’re facing as a society in dealing with teen suicide…

“Not MY Child…”

Sometimes as parents we tend to deny with our mind what our heart is telling us. There are obvious indicators in almost all cases of suicide attempts.
(A comprehensive list of warning signs can be found on this website.)

• It may be that we feel personally responsible for our child’s happiness and well being, and refuse to accept what we see when our teen seems unhappy, maladjusted, or withdrawn.

• It may be that we don’t connect with our teen at a level that is comfortable for them.

• It may be that we tried too hard to be the enforcer, or tried too hard to be the friend, and didn’t get the balance right.

Whatever the case- as a parent we have a duty, born of love, to listen and respond to the needs of our children… even when the need is communicated in an unspoken way.

We must be sure to be accepting - of our shortcomings and our childrens’.

The ‘Troubled Teen’ Years

I was there. You were there… Remember that awful confusion as bones stretched, hormones changed, teeth shifted, social pressures grew tenfold while your social skills grew in tiny increments?
Some of the struggles of simply being a teen can mirror the struggles of a teen thinking suicidal thoughts. Feeling left out, not pretty, not good at sports, not smart enough… these are depressing issues for a teenager.

I know I may have said it out loud a couple of times when the world seemed too hard as a teen: “I wish I were dead.” Now, I never had a real suicidal moment in my life- but I felt a lot of despair in my time.

Because these years are already so emotionally volatile, it can be a real challenge to spot these warning signs for what they really are.

We must strive to be aware - of what our children are facing and feeling.

Who To Turn To

Teens themselves have a hard time understanding their feelings, let alone communicating them to someone else! Often coming from an “everybody hates me, nobody gets me, no one understands” place, a teen considering suicide has already more than likely decided there are few, if any, people that are trustworthy enough to reach out to. In many cases, it might be another teen– who may not be equipped to help- who is the potential lifeline for a suicidal teen.

A teen in trouble may want to reach out, but have no real knowledge of where to turn. This is another one of our jobs. To be available and accessible.

The Impact Action team, and the family it is building, hopes to accomplish many things on this journey.

Two of our primary goals are:

1. A greater awareness of the severity of this silent killer, and
2. To offer to anyone the following simple plan for proactively and positively creating IMPACT in your daily life, using the GIVE method:

• Greet-say hello, make eye contact, pass a smile on to the people you encounter.
• Include- Include yourself in the world around you, and invite others to be a part of what you are doing. Reach out, especially if you see someone starting to withdraw.
• Validate- This can be as simple as a ‘thank you’ or a genuine complement. Let others know you
  appreciate them.
• Empathize- Be a listening ear. We can’t always relate to the problems or stories of another, but often all you need to do is be fully present as you hear them to truly help the person sharing!

Honestly, use this simple acronym to remember what you can do every day to make a difference and perhaps save a life!

Each of us needs all of us… and all of us need each of us.

Keith deBolt-
Impact Action Team

Keith teaches new marketers and business owners how to think, live and work like The Boss…watch for his upcoming book, “Oh, No! I’m The BOSS!”.  Keith can be found at: marketingstep1.com and TheMarketerMindset.com

When you grow up with someone, you take them for granted. They are a part of your life, and their part in your life is filled with joys and sorrows as kids tend to go from angelic to mischievous depending on the weather.

My cousin Dany would have been 43 on July 12th.

I spent most of my waking hours with Dany and his older brother Christian exploring, pretending and running from each other. Chris and I used to run away from Dany most of the time, since older kids tend to be cruel to the youngest.

Then we grew up and went our separate ways. I moved from Pennsylvania to Florida, Chris moved to California and Dany moved to Cancun, Mexico. The distance did not help us keep in touch with each other, and I having been a loner most of my life, I was not one for initiating conversations, writing letters, etc.

I did hear more from Chris than I did from Dany, and one day, February 1, 2003, I heard from my parents that Dany had taken his own life after he had discovered that he had cancer of the larynx.

Shock was not the only thing I felt.

Guilt.

I should have been there for him. We all believe that we can make it on our own, and then when someone you know, someone close as a brother, takes their own life, you wonder what effect you could have had.

What impact could I have had?

Beating myself up for the lack of communication, I really sank into a depression. The worst part of the whole situation for me was the fact that I should have maintained contact with Dany.

Why am I dredging up these raw emotions and exposing them for you? Then answer is really only one word:

LISTEN.

Hear what your friends and family are saying. You may have some troubled teens in your family. Teens are at a point in their lives where they feel isolated. They want to feel independent, yet they also feel left out from their friends’ lives because of cruelty (kids are cruel after all - especially groups) or disagreements. The reason for their isolation does not matter nearly as much as the fact that it is eating away at their will to live.

Sometimes (I have had this feeling before in a particularly troubling time of isolation from my family and despair at my circumstances) they feel that their life is not worth living, the pain is too unbearable, and that by taking their own life, they would be getting revenge on the people who make them feel so isolated.

“That’ll show them!”

Listen to them.

Then GIVE!

• G - Greet and meet: talk to others, smile, say hello, ask them how they are doing…
• I - Involve yourself: find a cause you can support, volunteer, and pledge resources to
• V - Validate others: tell others that they matter - especially family members and friends that you tend to see daily but may take for granted, give genuine compliments
• E - Empathize: be a listening ear, take time to be fully present, don’t try to solve - just acknowledge someone’s feeling or hurt

By following this formula, you are showing teens that you care. Empathy is a catalyst for bonding, and can help you reel in the teen that has started to distance himself or herself from the world around them.

I cannot profess to be an expert, but the people at SpeakUpSaveLives.org like Deremiah Phillips have shown me what taking an extra minute with someone who may just need a smile can do for that person! The goal for our group is to save our teens one at a time. But I have selfishly added my own agenda to this project.

I am doing it because I still miss Dany Savoie!

Have an amazing day!

Micheal Savoie

PS - You can help in another way. The Impact Action Team has people blogging and getting the word out. But how about if we reward some of you hard working readers out there?

The Impact Contest is a chance for you to get the word out for us by creating some information pages on some very search engine friendly websites while competing for some cool prizes from some very cool sponsors! If you don’t mind doing some research and doing some writing and posting for us, click here to sign up for the Impact Contest!

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Micheal Savoie escaped from the IT world to find his online goldmine! He teaches business owners how to take their business from “just being online” to building strong relationships within their communities. His favorite topic to speak about is how to create a self-funding advertising budget. He lives in Beverly Hills, Florida with his wife, Karen and his three teenage daughters. Find out more at http://michealsavoie.com

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Hey Folks,

Impact Action Team Member Dr. Natalie Fiset’s article on Teen Suicide shared the Speak Up Save Lives G-I-V-E message and the 15 alarm signs for suicide to over 2.1 MILLION people who read Montreal largest newspaper, the Journal de Montreal, in French.

Suicide is a universal problem and having people like Nathalie spread the word around the globe is vital to the success of our mission to Speak Up and Save Lives.

Dr. Fiset is no stranger to helping other people.  Take a look at her own story and what she is doing in her own mission to help children in Mexico.

Here’s a video that tells you how amazing Dr. Nathlie Fiset is:

Thanks so much for proving to so many that anyone can have an impact and make a difference.

More coming very soon!

All the best,

Ken McArthur
SpeakUpSaveLives.org
TheImpactFactor.com
KenMcArthur.com
jvAlertLive.com

P.S. For more information on the techniques we are using to create awareness of this silent killer, grab a copy of the best-selling book, Impact: How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions and Make a
Difference in a Noise World.

Hey Folks,

Thanks to the AMAZING efforts of the Impact Action Team’s Media Team spearheaded by our dynamic, results-oriented Impact Faculty member Sanyika Calloway Boyce I will be spreading the “Speak Up Save Lives” message to over 15 MILLION people LIVE on Comcast CN8 this Wednesday at 730 AM on the “Your Morning” Show .

I’ll be sharing the Impact Action Team’s message that ANYONE can make a difference and telling people how spreading the message to GIVE can save lives of teenagers at risk of suicide with Emmy Award-winning veteran news anchor Connie Colla and thenews veteran Greg Coy.

Sanyika is a constant inspiration to our entire team. Here’s an excerpt of a message that she sent out to her team just this morning:

I am so excited for what is to come this week! I have been praying regularly for God to touch, strengthen and bless each of our efforts.

I know how hard we have EACH worked to make and IMPACT in our own families, communities and businesses.

I have also seen first hand the work you’ve done for the advancement of this cause - this amazingly crazy and totally MASSIVE movement.

This calling to “Speak Up. Save Lives” - HUGE isn’t a big enough word to describe it.

I want to take a brief moment and encourage as well as challenge each of us to never see the “mundane activities” that we are required to do as unimportant in relation to others that seem to be more valuable.

I used to falsely believe that “only results matter,” that if there was no tangible evidence of my activities than I had essentially “wasted my time.”

I can assure you this is a very difficult way to run a business and a disappointing way to live  life because what I am sure we have all experienced is the feeling of “coming up short,” even after giving our best effort.

This week (and always) please remember that IMPACT can be created from taking action on the most common task as long as your motives are genuinely rooted in love. Saving lives is an overwhelmingly awesome responsibility and I know we ALL want to see the RESULT of our efforts.

YES… it is my intention to get Ken and Deremiah booked on television this week!

YES…it is your intention to have a producer, reporter or company representative call you back for an interview or approval for some sort of other tangible thing you’d like to do!

SURE… we want to have everyone in the “Twitterverse” sending our message out and talking up #IMPACT

AND….we also want to REMEMBER  the essence of what it is that we have agreed to do.

Our real and only goal should be to touch “THE ONE”

That SINGLE individual who out of the “millions we want to motivate” more than anything needs us to G-I-V-E to out attention no one else but them.

To care about, see value in, and acknowledge them - solely.

So as you go about carrying out all the various activities of your week and putting into motion the plans you have set to make MASSIVE IMPACT.

I pray that you will see the extraordinary in the ordinary and the VALUE ALL of your actions as having merit.

This week, I challenge you to:

G-I-V-E, from your purest intentions
G-I-V-E, with an attitude of gratitude
GIVE, without the expectation of ANYTHING in return

Today, view and carry out each activity you do with an attitude of service and support. This week, recognize that the very act of your “doing” is more than enough.

It would be hard to imagine that anyone could say it better.

Thanks Sanyika for being the outstanding person that you are and for all that you GIVE to MILLIONS of people who touch your life.  The Impact Action Team appreciates your leadership!

You are a blessing to us all!

All the best,

Ken McArthur

SpeakUpSaveLives.org
TheImpactFactor.com
KenMcArthur.com