IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU DO ABOUT IT : A TRUE STORY ABOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHANGE

Mitchell describes his experiences after surviving a motorcycle accident which resulted in disfigurement from burns over sixty-five percent of his body, and then later surviving an airplane accident which left him paralyzed. He focuses on the mental techniques he used to accept these radical changes in his life and to go on to become successful, including "millionaire, mayor, member of many boards of directors, environmental leader, media personality, political commentator, commercial pilot, in-demand public speaker, evern river-rafter and sky-diver.