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An email friend sent me the title of your book today as a "quote" and I replied and thanked him for it. I thought it was a nice but simple thing for whoever "W Mitchell" was to say. I went about my day and ended up at a Walgreen's store and ran into an old friend. I'd been to the funeral of another old friend who had been killed in a boating accident last week and mentioned it to the friend at Walgreen's. She looked at me and asked if I knew that it was her husband driving the boat (owned the boat too) that my other friend was killed in. I didn't know. One of the only comforting things I could think of to say to her was the title of your book which my email friend had just sent to me as a quote. It really touched my friend's heart and she was going to tell her husband your quote and I'll tell him about your book. We never know how God is using our words and/or actions to make a difference in another person's life and I wanted to take time to tell you. Regards, Rita Thurman Barnes 918 331-3565 Rita Thurman Barnes USA - Thursday, October 04, 2007 at 16:22:55 (PDT)
Dear Mitchell,
I happened to read about you and your immense courage in article published in a weekly magazine out here. Not being much of an avid reader, i must say that the article caught my attention, moreover, you and your life story caught my attention and persuaded me to read on.
I would say, from my part at least, hatss off to you mate - if the world had a few more people like you; it sure would be a better place. I believe it so very easy for us humans to wallow in self pity and endlessly wine about the way our life is, about our problems. Not many of us (including myself) have actually had the gutts or willpower to change how we think and do something about it...I wish and hope i manage to incorporate your ideology into my daily life and perhaps i too could live a more fruitful life....i'd been lost in a series of worries - mainly financial and job security wise...but now, it seems to me, that i've been a fool all along....within every solution lies a hidden opportunity...it's upto me and all of us for that matter to find the hidden opportunities and grasp them before its too late....
I would surely love to keep in touch with you Mitchell, and you sure are a source of inspiration for people the world over...I wish i too could join hands with you in spreading your positive messages to one n all...
Regards & Best Wishes...
Your friend...
Azhar Jamil
p.s: God be with you and all of us ....
Hi,
I currently co-authoring a book on wellness and I am writing a chapter on change. I would love to use your message about change and would be honored if you could write the forward to the book. Please let me know if this is even possible and if might be able to chat at some point about this. You have been an inspiration for many years.
Andree
W Mitchell, You are an inspiration to me everyday! I learned about you though Tony Robbins. The first thing I do after getting out of bed in the morning is play your video that you have on your website. You give me so much everyday. I just wanted to tell you, thank you so much for the impact you've had on me. I owe you big time!!! If your ever in boulder co maybe we could meet? I'm also a paragliding instructor and do paragliding tandems if your ever interested I would love to take you up!!!
I send to you love , spencer mangrum age 30.
Hi
Your book is empower my thinking when i am down
I have a maijor depressin one of the worst ones.
With your book + essenthial meddications i function well 90% of the time insted of 50% before
Thanks
again
Eli
Hi Mitchell, it was great meeting you in Munich.
Thanks for visiting us! All the best for your future, Boris (the German in the wheelchair)
After seeing u doo all this remarkable things and beeing victorious over all things thats happen to you,
i now that one can doo anything if one never gives up..
Gods love from me to you...K.
Hi Mitchell -- I will send you a photo taken of the two of us in Phoenix! It is one of my favorites! Have a fantastic day! Tammy
Mitchell,
I was fortunate to see you at the Totastmasters Convention in Phoenix. It was worth the time, effort, money, .... EVERYTHING just to hear your message and have the opportunity to meet you. I have shared your message with many. I loaned your book to a dear friend of mine. I left it on her desk and someone "borrowed" it from her before she could see it! Just the title begs people to pick it up and browse. Then it is impossible to put down.
Thank you for having the courage to tell your story, share your life, and encourage others to get out of their prisons and strive for success.
May God continue to bless you as you bless others.
Mitchell,
I was in Phoenix at the International Toastmaster Convention and you were the Keynote and did they know how to open the convention. You were absolutely one of the best speakers I have ever heard. Your delivery was perfect, your message as inspirational.
Having overcome cancer, and other "incurable afflictions", I believe that we do receive what we focus on. I have walked thru my own valleys and have continue on with the knowledge that my time on earth was not finished and there was much to do.
You helped me to realize that I have chosen the right paths and that we can be the visual reminder to not give up. You are a blessed angel to all of us who continue on each day despite what the doctors tell us.
All the best always.
Michelle
I heard your message at the Toastmasters Conference in Phoenix, and found your story both inspiring and empowering. I was also sitting right behind you in a power wheelchair during the DNAR Contest on Tuesday evening. Like you, I have overcome much to get where I am. I went through multiple auto accidents - all where I was hit from behind by drivers with either no insurance or under insured - which left me with multiple spinal column injuries. 3 major spine surgeries, one with my spinal cord almost severed, and over 100 minor surgeries and procedures, as well as a closed head injury that nearly took my vision as well as my life left me severely depressed. When my life stabilized and began I began to recover, I knew I had to do something to mark the fact that I still had something left to do with my life. Toastmasters gave me that outlet, and taught me how to present my story. Thank you for sharing yours.
I was at your keynote address at the Toastmasters Convention in Phoenix. You were very motivational and inspiring. I could have sat there all day. Unfortunately with all of the people there I couldn't talk to you.
Kelly
Sir , With due respect I would like to state that your message has clearly given me a new birth to start my career in Software Industry as I have just done my B.E just passed and applying for jobs struggling too hard .Professionally as well as Mentally I feel u are the leading heroes that is needed for such people like us who are always pulled back with some irrational ideas and lack of confidence.Thanks Sir once again I wish I would remain always to read your Inspiring Messages ever .Thankyou
Mitchell,
You have lifted my heart and warmed my spirit. May God bless you always and please continue to use your beautiful words and inspiration to move people.
I needed this video today, THANKS!
Sean
I heard your keynote address last night (Wednesday, August 15, 2007) at the Toastmasters International Conference at the JW Marriott in Scottsdale, Arizona. Without question, your message, delivery and impact made this both the finest and most memorable keynote that I have ever had the privilege to hear. Thank you sharing your story and for your your gifts of hope and inspiration. I was pleased to meet you personally and shake your hand, and I hope that I will have the opportunity to attend a future event in which you be speaking. Good fortune to you my friend.
Hi Mitchell,
You are a fantastic human being.
All the best
Cecilia
I am looking for an inspirational, keynote speaker for a corporate client conference on Oct 18, 2007. One of our employees attended one of your presentations and recommended you. Unfortunately our budget for this event is not compatible with the fee listed on our local speaker's bureau site. Is this negotiable? Please contact me:
805-699-2040 x165
dennis.johns@yardi.com
Thank you
I have added you to my list of heroes that I admire.(which include Jesus,Gandi,Mother Theresa, and others who spent their lives in service to their brothers and sisters) Your story and courage inspires and I am thankful for your voice and participation in making the world a better place to be. I pray that the LORD can use me for His glory like He has you.You exhibit His love...XOXOXOXO Pamela
Mitchell
Having heard about you through Tony Robbins - I immediately went to your site and listened to your video message. All I can say is that the world is truly blessed you having passed this way and I thank you.
Thanks for all you do
Kimberley Berges
Hello my friend,
We met at a NATO event in Whistler approx 10 years ago. At that time I was struggling with the reality of learning my only child was autistic. You touched me with your incredible insight and gave me a new and everlasting perspective on life. I adopted your philosophy and would not have survived and been so positive as I tackled the many hardships this life has served me and conitues to! I am so grateful to you Mitchell and hope that you are still enjoying life and living each day to it's fullest!
You are a human being I am proud to know, thanks for your teachings!
With warmest regards,
Hi W Mitchell
I dont know if you remember me, but i am John Hales daughter, Claire Hale. You used to come to my school and tell us your storys and I just wanted to tell you that i am doing a school project and i am so happy i get to do the project on you.
From your friend Claire.
Hi Mitchell - You are still in our lounge signing books. It was great to see you in person and I will grow in some way because of your words of taking responsibility for my change.
Yours Truly,
Heather Davidson
Hy Mitchell,
... to meet you it has been a big opportunity. I belive that I will follow you by-internet, because you are a great inspiration. I love your energy that goes throw the screen of my computer.
Thank also to Robin Sharma that let me to know about you.
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks.
See you soon.
I believe that if you wanted to, you could easily make a CD series that would help other people.
Hello, You spoke at the junior high where I was principal several years ago. I am now the superintendent of Hope School District and wondered if you would be interested in speaking to the teachers on the first day back to school which is August 27th for an hour +. I believe you visited Janis Spracher's class earlier this year at Hope School. I am interested in discussing the possibilities with you. Best, Gerrie
Dear Sir:
My best friend was recently in a motorcycle accident (he's only 20)that left him partially paralzyed. He's a pretty strong kid, but, lately, he seems to have become really negative, and I know it is because he is scared of what the future will bring (among other things). Anything I say doesn't appearing to sink in (ironically, without ever having heard of you or your book I have said to him based on my own life "it's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it"), mostly because according to him, I would never "understand" what it's like to be him now. So, I went in search of someone who would "understand", and I found your website and ordered the book. I read it first to make sure there were no religious references (my friend is a hardcore atheist)before I send it off to him. I think, nay, I know your story will be an inspiration to him.
Good luck to you sir, not that you need it, as you seem to make the best of all situations.
One has to consider what he went through. After the motorcycle accident he woke up in a hospital in pain that would be indescribable. His whole face looked like an atrocity. There are people who have been thrown into his situation, and after they looked into a mirror, they tried to commit suicide. Some even accomplished it. But instead after the accident he took hold of myself. Some people consider their spouse’s abuse to be unbearable. They feel that it’s a ballast to say the least. How do you think he felt when after having gone through a one terrible experience a few years later he became a cripple and he was waiting, no –expecting to walk again. Disappointment was probably not the word for it when it never came. But he got up and kept going. Other people have problems. Life would have been so much more easy for him, if for example, someone lost his job at age 50 and could still walk and not look the way he does. How in the world do you think he felt when people looked at him after the motor cycle accident? They were horrified. He looked like a monster, -literally. And the plane accident on top of that. But he had been a marine and ``surrender was not an option.´´
In a sense, he’s the same as super man. Superman goes all over the country rescuing people. He does that. He goes on the stage, and people see him. They react with shock and he smiles at them. And then people immediately think, ``this guy looks like that and he’s happy? I got problems but it’s no where near what this guy has.´´ He starts talking, people start to feel great and he gives out optimism, hope, a sense of purpose as well as many other emotions.
Superman has all sorts of problems thrown at him and he always succeeds and he’s comes back.
Dear W.
I know this has been said before and I know it will be said over and over again, but I’ll say it anyway:
I deeply want to thank you fort the spot on your web site.
I deeply want to thank what you did for me.
You saved me.
I’m a ``normal´´ functioning person, but if I could trade places with you I’d do it in a heart beat and I’d know that I got far more out of the deal than you would ever have.
Thanks again
I got tear in my eyes.
Incidentally, I’m going to order everything that you got to offer. I can hardly wait to watch and listen to it.
Kevin Haley
Gomaringerstr 15
70597 Stuttgart Germany.
I really enjoyed listening to you speak last week. You put a lot of things into their proper perspective. Thank you for your words of wisdom and inspiration.
Mitchell; I've followed your career from afar going on 10 years now since I first heard of you from Tony Robbins. You've always been a model of integrity and possibility for me.
Just recently, I've faced several challenges far beyond what is normal that I felt would wipe me out. Having a major customer go into closure owing me 000's and having to deal with health issues with loved one's - all at the same time has made for an uncomfortable few weeks.
Just as I was feeling at the pit of despair; I looked up a program of yours that I bought some while back; - 'Taking Responsibility'.
Its a true treasure. It really is what you choose to focus on in this life, not what happens to you.
Thank you for being there when I needed it. I'm not out the woods yet but thought I should write and pass on my thanks. Its onwards and upwards for me.
Keep shooting for the stars my friend, the world needs great leaders.
Hello Mitchell,
Back in 1974, I went to Las vegas with you and group of guys from CB that were building a house in Collbran, Colo. That trip was a memory that I will never forget. I have a picture of 7 guys at the airport with the pockets turned inside out. In addition, meeting you and following your career over the years has always been an inspiration to me. I was recently talking to some friends of mine and relayed your story to them and once again, your commitment to life as it comes to you prevailed as the topic. I just wanted you to know that meeting you and spending the short period of time in Vegas created many more opportunities in my life to look at what is great and positive.
Best wishes to you and happy trails.
Hello, Mitchell. I am Lily from Thailand. I would like to say thank you for the books that you sent to me and Por-Pond. I just skimming read and I know you are a fantastic person. I will go back to read it now. Take care.
Dear Mitchell,
I heard you speak a few years ago at the Las Vegas Institute in Summerlin NV. I am presently involved with a coaching program with Vic Johnson and as a group project am co-authoring a book on Persistance. I have chosen your life as my inspiration. I have read every article I could find and have read your book. I do not know if you have the time for a few additional questions which could add insight to my efforts. I could meet you in Santa Barabra, or ask you a few questions over the phone if you could spare the time. I would just like to do the absolute best job I can conveying your never-say-die attitude.
Sincerely, Paul Coleman
cell# 858-663-6658
Wow! You have convinced me to join NSAGLAC and perfect my skills as a professional public inspirational speaker. In less than two years I have gone from skid-row to being a college student. You are an inspiration for me to: "keep on Keeping on."
Peace always,
Mitchell - I was link hopping today looking for inspirational stories of gratitude and -WOW- my body was filled with goose-bumps or "gratitude-bumps" as I like to call them in discovering your site and your story : )
Your message is so profound, simple & perfect.
I teach my clients "say thank you first and ask questions later" and you have with certainty found a way to embrace the divine order in life regardless of circumstance.
My many story-sharing writers will grow greatly from watching your video and learning about your inspiring story - I will be passing you on!!
With all of my Love & Gratitude
Amanda Kroetsch (Gratitude Girl
www.ThankGodI.com
hey, i am ali from dubai. I just had Mitchell's speak at my school, Wellington International School and it was amazing and i wanted to thank him for such a great talk.
I am happy; I was in the audience and able to listen to your inspiring story at the Speakers International Seminar in Dubai.It was nice meeting you, Mr Mitchell and all the best!
Warm Regards,
Radosveta
Mitchell.
you have a amazing life. I think you need to know about my life. I have Cerebral Palsy and speak with a communication device. I put all my disabilities together and said know something I am going to help other people with disabilities so I run a camp for children and young adults who use communication devices which just became a 5O1(c)(3)called Authentic Voices of American. Check us out at www.ava-inc.org
Hi Mitchell,
I was on the team that sponsored the Kaiser Permanente Quality & Brand Conference. I was the person who put together the Thrive Slideshow of Conference people,with you picture included in that show. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend your plenary session.
However, to make up for it, I picked up your book and just couldn't put it down. It was incredibly inspirational. For all of my life, I have really fought to get away from my MO of "glass as half empty" and see things as "half full". Sometimes I'm more successful than other times. Your book came in a very timely fashion, as I've been needing inspiration lately.
I wanted to let you know my appreciation. Keep up the good work!
All the best, Ken Fong
Hi Mitchell,
I met you recently in Bangkok when you spoke at the business forum that Callum was organizing. I spoke to you and took a photo with you before we went in. Remember? I just wanted to say thank you for coming back to Bangkok and speaking. It was great having you as my coach for the day. I needed it.
I remember that you mentioned one of your goals is to help millions of kids and children. I am working with a fantastic initiative called Nourish the Children, which Mark Victor Hansen and Michael Beckwith (from The Secret) are helping with . I was wondering if you would be interested in supporting some children every month and helping me spread the word through your network of people? Please see: www.nourishthechildren.com to get an idea. We have already nourished over 60,000,000 kids and are shooting for 100,000,000 by the end of the year. Thanks for your consideration.
Wishing the best, Randall Scott
Hi Mitchell
You are so inspiring living human I have ever met in person in my life ... I was among the audience when you were in KL giving speech at Menara TM recently.
You have given me all the words that would change how I look at my future....
TQ
Your inspiring energy, determination, and willingness to serve others inspired me 22 years ago. It has done so again. Thank you for reminding me to continue to change focus from being effective for self-aggrandizement to becoming increasingly effective in the service of others. Thank you for this gift. Please meet my friend, Kurt Muse. http://www.sixminutestofreedom.com/the-motivational-speaker-2.html His courage and story also deserves the widest audience.
Came by to send one of your great eCards...love the "Super Humans" clip... Thinkin of ya, love ya,
Bill
Hi Mitchell,
You are beautiful! May you receive the highest blessings for your inspirational messages of hope.
Namaste,
~Mary
First, sorry because I don't sepeak English very well.
Yesterday, I won a menseger about you. This menseger was like a motivation menseger and I like very much. You really have a intensific enthusiasm to live. I'm a psicology Student and I have a Consultin company and I give a talk in congress (see www.cbdh.com.br and www.seculusconsultoria.com.br)The first site is in constuction (the actual), but you can see the old one.
Congratulations for how you drive your life. Thanks to improve my world's vision. I can see better! It was a blessed rielif.
God Bless You!
Kiss
Brasilian woman - now very, very happy. Thanks a lot!
Suzana Machado
Dear Mitchell:
Five years ago my son had burns to 83% of his body from a house fire. He survived and while recuperating read your book, "It's Not What Happens to You...." It gave him the determination to get on with life and "not be a sad story" (his words). I can happily report he has done that and is doing well in his chosen career. We are forever grateful. Keep up the good work.
Dear W. Mitchell,
I was very pleased to know your story.
I am not one of those people who believe in coincidences, but if I would be, I would certanly star pondering about the existence of a Superior Being who is behind all human existence.
You see, I believe that the life you are leading is the motive why you survived those awfull disasters. You survived because your purpose was to help people all over the world see the meaming of life and bringing hope to the physicallly and emotionally wounded.
As for me, I sure got tutched with the intensity your have been living your life in spite of all the dificulties.
Congratulations and thank you for being arround.
Márcio Monteiro
P.S.: Sorry about english. I read a lot of books in English but I need some improvement
P.S.2: Your book is the next one
Adress:
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Hi Mitchell!
I hope you made it home safely from CWT's Sea of Opportunities cruise. I so enjoyed meeting you and getting to know you over dinner. You're such an inspiration. I heard my co-workers talking about you for days after you spoke to our group. And Sandi from Winnipeg can't stop raving about you! I hope our paths will cross again - your spirit is so uplifting.
Thank you for your quote "It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it". I heard that quote years ago and have always loved it - and meeting the man who spoke the words was a pleasure.
Your friend,
Cynthia
Hi, Mitchell. I happen to come to your website because I
was looking for something that could help my father of 82
cope with suddenly becoming paralyzed from the waist, down.
I would love to buy your book for him, if he'll read it. This situation completely turned his world upside down, and
he can't straighten it out. I'm glad I found your sight, so at least I know, there is something that can be done. Thank you for taking the timem to read my message and for
being there for others who could use the support.
Best Wishes,
Janet Andersen
Wooside, NY
Hi Mitchell I have just watched your amazing story called Super Humans on Sky TV here in Liverpool England,
I am a support teaching assistant to challenging 16 year old boys at my local high school who always complain about any effort to make to improve their life style.
I will tell your heart wrenching, moving and fantastic life story tommorow which I know will change thir outlook on Life
All the very best from Liverpool and Ronnie Hall
Hi Mitchell - I have just returned from our CWT Management Conference at which you spoke. Its a difficult for me to put into words how moved I was by your message - sufficient to say that I have been able to turn the lights on in some areas of my life. I can't truthfully say that I like all that I see, but its sure a lot easier than bumping around in the dark! Thanks Mitchell - its great to share the planet with you. Heather
Warms greeting from Jakarta. I have a problem to download. could you please send me by email at nalia20@gmail.com
thanks a lot
Hello brother Mitchell .Thank you for the books , CD's and dvd. I was just wondering when you might be in town next ? I would like to take you to the EAA AirVenture this year. Keep intouch and I would like to talk to you on the phone sometime. Love you , brother Tim
Mitchell
I met you several years ago at Bill Clennan's place in Vancouver-BC Canada after a CAPS event. Just wanted to let you know I'm creating a new keynote and I'm going to edify you and your story to encourage thousands. I hope that's OK
Blessings
Greg Gerrie
www.firedupforlife.com
604 729 6999
Hi Mitchell,
My name is Eliza and I am a student at Rosarian Academy. I just wanted to thank you so much for coming to speak to us yesterday! It was very motivational and to hear it from someone who has been through so much is an amazing experience. Thank you so much once again!!
Sincerely,
Eliza:)
Hi. I heard about you from Tony Robbins years ago. I was going through one of Tony's programs again, and I decided to look you up. I've decided to turn up the heat on my self improvement efforts this year, and I've undertaken a new study of people who have succeeded in getting the most and the best out of themselves. I look forward to reading your book.
I teach music to blind kids, and it is amazing how they resolve to work around their disability. Very few, if any of them, seem bitter about being blind, or partially so. Some of them do seem content to let other people pick up the slack, however. When the shoe fits, I will tell them your story and direct them to your website. Best to you.
Well Hello Mitchell,
I can't tell you how much you've inspired me a few weeks ago at the Castle Meetings that i've attended with my boyfriend. When he told me I had to get up early cuz they recommended everybody to go, my first response was.. IT BETTER BE GOOD!! And well, it was better then good..YOU are AMAZING!! It's funny how much we take life for granted and how we whine over the smallest things that happen to us..I was actually one of those people until I met you!! The more you spoke, the more I was amazed! I told my friends about you too. It's kind of Ironic because my boyfriend can relate to you in a very mild way, he did his first solo flying 5 years ago(and met me that night)haha, and a almost 3years ago he go into a bad bike accident, a camper van pulled out in front of him and left him in the hospital for months. He is VERY FORTUNATE to be alive and walking. He still has problems with his left leg and always will, but like I said, very fortunate. I think you sent shivers up his spine when you were talking. I think you made him realize that whatevers wrong with him, is nothing compared to what it could be. I wanted to meet you afterwards, and I ran up to get my camera to get a picture with you, but you were already gone. I thought maybe you'd be at the Gala but I didn't see you. :(
I've been trying to get into the Police Academy for a few years now but I've always had fallbacks happen before I even got to apply..But i'm getting closer and closer finaly. I write my police tests May 4th. And I keep telling my self now everytime I get upset, IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU DO ABOUT IT!! "W.Mitchell" those are some powerful words. I just wanted to say thank you so much, I wish I had to have got to shake your hand, but I'm just greatful to have got to hear you speak :) Thanks again, Take Care :)
Dodie Mazerolle
Hi Mitchell: Sorry I neglected to leave a contact number. It is 506-432-1993. Look forward to hearing from you. Keep moving those mountains.
Regards, Carol (:
Dear Mitchell: I hope this will find you well. Heard and met you in Toronto on APRIL 14,07, when you spoke to the Castle group. I have thought of you and heard your words in my head and heart many times since then. I just wanted to tell you again what an inspiration you are,and I wish
that everyone had the opportunity to listen to you and hear your story. It is almost as though it renews faith in humanity to know such courage and strength exists. Robert and I feel there are two events that are very good
possibities for you to speak at but not until Feb and March of 2008. I wanted to extend an invitation to you if you get to the Maratimes and to N.B, to come and enjoy some lobster with us.
Sincerely, Carol (;
Well Sir,The first I heard of yourself was through Tony Robbins tapes I had purghased in 1996 or 97. Well I never forgot that story he told of you. Well,dug my tapes back out about a month ago, needed all the help I can get quitting smoking at the time, witch I have done & there was that story again, thats right I said W.MITCHEL,& now that we had the "enternet" poped in your name & magic. First time I had seen this video & story of your accident & in your words. Well,all I can say is,if I ever feel sorry for myself again or think that its hard to quit smoking,or I ca never do something,I'll remember you Sir,kick myself in the backside and move on and accomplish what I thought the impossible was.Than you,Than you,Than you your a vision of total possability & I will watch this over & over. I have yet to check out the rest of your site, will surely do so.Take care,with much Love & Best of Wishes to you & yours. Edward T.
Dear Will,
Every single day I see your video and feel so much hope, comfort and strength.There are times I wonder how you endure so much, and have strength and a spirit that is so remarkable. Thank you for giving the world so much. Abundant blessings for you always. Elaine
Listened to you speak this morning, wow! You made me smile.
I thought of your mother; I lost a child to Cancer and know what it is like to watch your child in difficult situations. I also remember being proud of her at 11 years old taking control. I can only imagine how your choices have made her proud.
I hope to someday, share a coffee and smile!
Thank you
Gloria
Attended the International Symposium on Leadership in Brisbane on the 29th March 2007 and heard you speak. A truly inspiring and special day. Was great to have a chance to say g'day afterwards. Hope all is still going well. Narelle Rhodes, Ipswich QLD
Hi Mitchell, delighted to get your message when you were here last. Sorry to have missed you. Jenny is on a plane to England - her mum died last week...very sad. We think about you moften and wonder where you might be. Great to keep in touch. Hope to see you soon. Love and best wishes, A & J
Hi Mitchell, It was great meeting you and your friend Tim in Toulouse at Bapz café this afternoon. I'm the Aussie guy who was very impressed by your Don Bradman $5 coin and the 1916 halfpenny. I've just visited your website and read of your incredible story and am fully behind your message of putting ourselves back in charge of our lives. It was great chatting to you and I hope you enjoy the rest of your time in France.
It was wonderful to meet you today as I checked you in for your flight on United Express. Since you mentioned that you had been a speaker at the conference The Powere Within, I knew I would probably be able to read a little bit about you. What an inspiration you are.I was blessed to meet you .Thank you.
Hey Mitchell--
What a blast and an honor to meet you yesterday. I'm sure we'd still be talking if you hadn't noticed that more interesting table behind us! Until our paths cross again!
--Andy
Giday from Brissie Mitchell. Thoroughly enjoyed your message last Thursday when you visited us as part of the 5 speaker event arranged by Steve and Keystone. A friend once told me that you are a long time dead and I have used that message myself many times since as it's a real attention getter when people are wingeing about their lot in life. Your message compliments such a message perfectly and I shall remember you for many years to come. I was the bloke at the front to your right - we both are true blondes!! Good luck mate and keep up the good work.
About a year ago today, someone that I consider to be a dear friend went out of their way to buy me lunch. It seems I had just experienced one of those career disruptions, and this person was concerned for my well being. I just want you to know that I have taken your advice and I am well on my to "NEXT." Well, my book has been released and I am looking forward to providing you with a copy, which incidentally, acknowledges the impact you have had, and continue to have, on my life. Thank you my friend, for everything you do.
Bill Cobb & Family
Hey Mitchell. Thanks for your dvd from Super Humans. Outstanding prog on an outstanding guy! How are you doing? Urgently need a copy of your book for student doing a project on people who have made a global difference. Who will have a copy in Joburg? Hope to meet up soon. derek (Watts)
I read your book several months ago - in one sitting. It was not only inspirational, but also just a really good read. As coincidental as it was to me, last month a friend of mine was in an accident and is now paralyzed from the waist down. Just need a little nudge here. What can I offer him that will realistically help....I know, my friendship, my support, my love. I know major life changes are happening with him. A complete overhaul. But what are the words that could make him want to make the most out of his life. I read a phrase: Before this happened there were 20,000 things you could do. Now there are 19,000 - are you going to focus on the 1,000 that you can't do? I don't expect a miracle piece of wisdom. I think with the spirit you have in you, your life was going to be successful no matter what the obstacles that presented to you. Billy is just starting his new path and I know he will have huge bumps, not the least of which are one's he puts there himself. In short, thanks for your book. It made me realize with Billy that whatever happens, no matter how much support I/we give, the choices are ultimately his.
Many thanks. Hope you are doing very well. Take care.
Janet Kleppin
Topeka, KS
Wow! What an incredible story...
Thank you for each amazing word you've sent to us!
Hi
You are amazing!!!!!!!!!!Carry on.
Hi Mitchell,
I just want tot tell you that your story is amazing and is inspiring for people who have been through a lot of pain in their lives to be able to overcome depression and believe that they can move on.I overcame 1 car accident, about 13 surgeries and other struggles and problems and now I am struggling with depression and anxiety but your story is really helping me to know that Ican move forward
Congratulations!
happy
Dear W Mitchell,
I was doing a speech on perseverance for school, and my teacher told me your story and directed me to your website. I am truly amazed by all you have done. I am only in the 5th grade, but you really inspire me to follow my dreams. Thank you, not only for what you have done by inspiring me, but the whole world.
Sincerely,
Ali
"Heartfelt Thankyou* for the inspirational gift you are to humanity*
Dear Will, I think everything you do is amazing. It's truly inspirational. I was hit by a car 2 months ago and due to broken bones walk with crutches. I realise that attitude is everything. Your achievements are an inspiration to all. Blessings for you always, Elaine
Hey buddy, your Super Human video was amazing. Damn. Thanks for sending it. Not exactly something you want to watch as you eat dinner, but what the hell. Hope you're well. Are you thinking of coming through Park City anytime soon? The lights always on and I can always rustle up a big audience.
Dear Wiliam,
I'm just out of rehab 3 months after doing a programme for alcohol treatement. I've been off it for 8 months before but now having entered rehab I feel I really have to make a go at it for good. Only problem is that I'm young and battling desperately with a sense of hopelessness and miss of the social scene. I feel depression is taking over this once lively, ever optomisitic girl. Looking for inspiration on the internet today I came across your website and video clips and it's woken up that positive person in me. I'm also dealing with a lady in the States who is breaking ground on CURING alcoholism via orthomolecular treatment. She's getting great reults and is as eagar as myself to introduce her programme to Ireland. Listening to you has given me the inspiration to continue with her tough protocol and to spread her word (as I'm a firm believer in nutritional treatment). I always felt that I could turn this "disaster" into a miracle but had lost my bright outlook for a while, with nothing out there to stir it up for me............. until today when I came across your websites. I have to admit I feel selfish to be so down about something so trivial after seeing your story. But your story shows me how I can make this "BIG" problem just a minor one in my life and better still.....................spread a little miracle from it.
Many thanks for changing my day...........life...
Niamh
We first met in Kauai at the Hyatt when you spoke to the sales staff of Hyatt Hawaii in 1991 or 1992. I had broken my toe (neither one of use could walk). Glad to see you are well and
keep up the good work. Still have your book and read it when times get tough....thanks!!!
I first read about U inthe book of Faiez Seyal. I really very inspired. You are the icon of hope ,courage,and struggle. My wish that one day I met you GOD bless you (AMIN)
Met you years ago in Crested Butte. Great to see that you're alive and well.
Truly an inspiration to all - It's not what happens to you it's what you do about it. I looked at your website to get some idea of your thoughts after hearing Tony Robbins mention you and ended up watching your film and trawling through the whole site! Absolutely superb, best wishes Doc Martin.
Hello Mitchell,
A few minutes ago I had an opportunity to watch some excerpts of your empowering speeches. You have the most positive attitude and outlook for life of anyone I have ever read about or seen on a video, Tv or in person.
Most impressive to me is the humor injected along with the very traumatic and I am certain, painful struggles in your daily life. You are an inspiration to all of us who are determined not to give up because of some "disabilities" and medical "hadicaps" in our physical being. Our Lord gave us a mind and from experience I have learned that by helping others, we help ourselves even more in the learning and healing process. You, sir have my admiration, the utmost respect and perhaps I will have an opportunty to meet you in person one day.
Sincerely,
Isabell V. Roberts
Hi
I love reading anything about motivational people and was quite intrigued by yours - great - keep going.
regards
Kogie
Hi, My name is Taylah and im 13 years old. i am doing an assignment on the person who i admire and i chose to do you !
just wanted to let you know that you made me look at the positive things in life. keep doing what you do. your Great :)
xx
Hi Mitchell,
I received your new DVD. Powerful stuff. I haven't see you for several years now, last time in Dallas, but have told your story dozens of times. Looking forward to seeing you maybe next time you're in Colorado.
Best of everything, Lowell Thomas
Hi Mitchell G'day Thank-you for sending our family your disk. We miss you and can't wait to have a beer with you at the Beach Hotel. See you in oz soon.
Hugs and Kisses
The Morgans
Hi Mitchell, Ive stuttered my whole life and it was not til i volunteered at a University to help Students get their graduate degree. I had enough therapy to turn the stutter on and off. I know from inspiration from these people i had the courage to get a Waiter job which i wanted for a while. I really got alot by giving, i learned that i have alot to offer. Just wanted to share my story. take care,, jeff
Dear Mitchell..
Can i have your photos before the accidents??
I need it for character builing class.
You're one of inspiring model that we learn from.
thank you, always be blessed and blessing others.
Hi Mitchell,
My name is Michelle and I live in Melbourne Australia. I just felt the need to write to you to express my gratitute.
Last weekend, I was walking by a book shelf and by accident (or maybe by fate)I sighted your book titled "The man who would not be defeated"
Your story, full of sorrow, determination, passion and most of all inspiration has touched my heart and changed my perspective on life. You have shown me what sheer positive determination and a passion for living and can achieve.
I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story and taking the blindfolds off my eyes. After coming into contact with your story my life perspective has been positively altered.
Please let me know if you ever decide to give seminars in Australia.
Take care and best wishes
Michelle
Mitchell, a few weeks ago when you visited RISB in Santa Barbara, you met Michele, the wife of my good friend Carlo, who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury. After you charmed Carlo's daughter Giorgia, you presented her with a copy of your book and DVD.
Thanks for your kind words to Michele and Giorgia, and thanks for the gift of your great story. The message of self-responsiblity and taking action in your book is inspiring, I could not put down!
Too bad Carlo and I were not at RISB that day to meet you in person - I hope we'll have that chance some day.
Take care,and thanks again.
Tom Casti
Hi Mitchell,
My name is Cliff Satell. We first met in Telluride, CO at a WPO University and then again the following year in Calgary, Bampf. I was only around 12 at the time and with my 14 year old brother Matthew. We greatly enjoyed getting to know you, and we had a lot of fun teaching and playing "ghost" with you. Your message has always stayed with my whole family, and I often attempt to repeat your stories to as many people as I can. I am a senior in high school now, and I wanted to let you know how much of an impact you have had. Thanks once again for your kind words and incredible attitude! If you are even in Philly and short on activities, my school would always welcome you!
Hei, Mitchell, how are you? Sorry but my english is terrible, congratulations for your life , is my inspiration day by day. Are you tony robbin's friend? Thank you for your attencion. See you. Cesar Santana.
Hello Mitchell,
You may not remember me but I worked for you in Crested Butte in the mid '70's (1977 winter) as your Tailings manager. I often think of my time in CB and ironically my 23 y/o son Chris is living in Gunnison and working in CB. I think I set the seed for that idea but he's been there going on 5 yrs! I've read about your career over the years and will never forget my time in CB and working for you and Tailings. A great experience for a 26 y/0 girl from NJ.
I've lived in CT for 24 and selling Real Estate for the last 10 years , my husband, Dennis (same one as in CB) has been in pediatrics in New Haven for the last 25 years. We had a few stops before CT. One daughter who's decided to go to med school in CO. and our son who is the free spirit in the family and lives in Gunni. Both of our children have chosen to live in Colorado and now as we approach our retirement (I think I'll sell RE till I drop) we're contemplating part time residence in CO and NH.
I would love to hear from you just a note would be great. I hope this finds you well.
I do remember your dog Iago (sp?) (Great Dane that chewed the inside of your vintage black car the day we went to City Market for supplies for the bar!
Pat Hart Durante
www.patdurante.com
Hi Mitchell. I saw a video of you at work - it was mind blowing! Then I had the privilege of seeing you when you when you went to Welkom, South Africa last year. I sat there not being able to control my emotions. You were brilliant and the message you had was even better. I went to you afterwards and had a chat with you and I wished that I could talk to you for longer. It seems that you have so much to offer and that you pretty much got the hang of dealing with all kinds of problems. I was dealing with a major depression episode (still fighting the battle) and it was just so good to see and listen to you. Your message was incredible and I wanted more than anything to believe that I will beat this horrible feeling of darkness. A very good friend gave me a copy of your book the day after your talk. It was the best present ever… I’ve been reading your book over and over again. When things seem to get too much – I take your book and read it again… I guess that all of us have our demons to fight and I think the way that you handle your problems is incredible to say the least. I told you that day in Welkom that the scars you have outside is similar as the scars I have inside. We are currently living in Australia and it’s time for me to pull out your book again… I wish that I could have a chat with you again… I just wanted to thank you – you had a huge impact in my life and made a huge impression on me. Thanks to your book and your message I’m trying my best to hold on…
Hi There - I am listening to Tony Robbins' Personal Power and he raves about you so I had to check out your site. Here's a question - my sister is stuck and we don't know how to help her. She lost her job 2 YEARS AGO and I think she is afraid to try anything because she is a afraid if she makes a mistake she will lose her job again - so she doesn't try anything and we are concerned. I have tried to send her tips from Tony Robbins, etc. without pushing her but I am at a loss - I feel like nothing will get through. Any guidance would be most welcomed. Happy new year and thanks for your positive energy - it inspires me - Tara
I'd like to buy your videotape "The Man Who Would Not Be Defeated". Please advise how I can buy this.
Thanks.
Dear Mitchell
Happy New Year to you. We met in September 2006 at the PSA Convention in the UK and you kindly shared with me your valuable time and advice with regards to progressing my speaking career so that I too can inspire audiences around the world in the way that you do. You asked me to come up with my BillBoard statement that would have whoever I was speaking to to ask 'You do what?' Well the answer was staring me in the face. I HELP PEOPLE ADOPT
Yes, I help people adopt an 'I CAN' attitude. My name is rIchard mcCANn and the clue was in my name. Because if I can experience the murder of my mother by a notorious serial killer, the abuse of my father, left school with no qualifications, thrown out of the army with psychiatric breakdown, turning to drink and drugs, ending up in prison, house repossesion and then a suicide pact with my sister before i decided in 1997 that I CAN turn my life around....then others can too.
I have gone on to write two books about my journey, the first of which knocked Robbie Williams off the number 1 spot in the UK bestseller lists and remained there for six weeks. I have become a Samaritan volunteer, I set up a support group for Support after Murder and Manslaughter in my local area, I work for the Youth Offending Service and started a degree in social policy two years ago. I have got married and had a beautiful daughter in August and I am currently working on my 3rd book ' Letters from the edge'. I have lots of speaking engagements for this year and Mitchell if I can be just a fraction as successful as you are then it will have been a job well done.
I hope that you managed to find time on one of your plane journeys to read the book I gave as a present.
I made a short inspirational film recently which you may find interesting.
http://www.monday9am.tv/archive/play/42
It would be great to hear back from you.
Best wishes rIchard mcCANn
www.richardmccann.co.uk
Hi Mitchell,
I just finished watching your video and was blown away! To say you are a living inspiration is an understatement! I'm in awe and amazed with your courage, spirit and love of life! You are a very bright light! Keep up the good work!
Hello, We were the couple who sat next to you on the plane from Atlanta to LA on Christmas night 2006. We were very impressed by you and enjoyed your company on the plane. We decided to look you up on the internet and have been inspired by your stories and can't wait to buy your book to learn more. Thank you for your spirit and the way you lead your life.
Sincerely,
The Castagna's
Mitchell'
Many thanks for the cared from Scotland and for keeping in touch. I am most appreciative and think about you very much.
All the best to you and your family. Looking forward to seing you here soon,
Ben May
Epcot
I haven't read your book, yet. However, I have heard of you through Tony Robbins. Your story has inspired me. I have been dealing with depression, and anxiety. Sometimes I get very overwhelmed by everything that is going on in my life. Reflecting on your story has helped me to see that anything is possible, and that no matter how bad you think "it" is, there's always someone worse-off than you--or dealing with much greater concerns and issues. Thank you.
Dear Mitchell, Perhaps you remember me, Paul Pliester, from the 1985 Tony Robbins, two week seminar in Snowmass. You, I will never forget and I have used your story shamelessly to inspire others I have run into. I would love to see you when you are in Chicago or when we are in Crested Butte. It's wonderful to see how well you have used your tragedies to help people to dig deeper into their own resources. You are not "just another pretty face" you are a very unusual pretty face indeed. Paul
Hello and I just wanted to tell you that many years ago you talked to a group of managers who worked for Bill Cobb at USWEST and I have never forgotten you or your message. I continue to use your phrase about It is not what happens to you... whenever I go through challenging times. I just happened to think about that while I was sitting here reviewing my notes on my personal coaching and you came to mind. I hope you are well and just wanted to say hello. Take care and thanks for the inspiration that continues some 15 years later. Carol Harris
How young a reader is your book 'readable' for? We have a 13 year old son who could really do with some inspiration on how wonderful life is. Would it be an easy read for him and/or with a parent? Best of luck with latest book.
I read your book this weekend and I normally do not start a book and finish it, but yours, I couldn't put down. It was excellent and very inspiring. In the last 6 1/2 years, I've managed to end up in an abusive relationship, gain weight from comfort eating, and become an alcoholic. Your book has motivated me to make some changes in my life. I have been unhappy for quite some time now. Thank you!
Dear Mr. Mitchell,
I have finally found a moment to email you. I was the purser on your flight from Honolulu to LAX on October 31st. We spoke about my recent wedding and about your flight attendant friend coming in from Chicago (she would drive you to Santa Barbara that night). I had first tried to use the email address on the card you had given me. But it came back as unknown.
The title of your book reveals quite a powerful message and I assume they are based on your own life events. Just meeting you is an inspiration in itself! Too often, we are consumed by the little things when other situations and people should be considered. I try to catch myself when doing so, but unfortunately all too often during my job I notice people acting in selfish and inconsiderate ways. My mom's early death actually brought about a lot of positive thinking and I realized that life is too short and that we better make the best of it. I know you have overcome major boundaries and I hope that many walk away with a sense of revelation after meeting you.
Please, if you get a chance, I would love to hear from you and definitely look forward to meeting you on a United flight soon.
Best Regards,
Maureen
dflygrl18@aol.com
Hello Mitchell,
I read THE book and am very inspired by it. Even more, my daughter Shivani(6 years old) read the title and keeps asking me questions on how you did all that you did. Her eyes gets wider every time i tell her how you had dealth wtih all the challenges in your life. I dont know where you live but i would love to meet you with my daughter. I am sure it will leave a inspirational mark in our lives. I am visiting California this December and would love to see you even if it for a minute.
Thanks in advance and look forward to meet you with my family.
Suresh
Mitchell, great to meet you in San Diego through our mutual friend, Jim Evans. It was very difficult to follow you, my friend, but I did my best. I know you'll be pleased to hear that your message resonated with me so much that after you finished, I took a call on my cell from my surgeon's office advising me that they could move my hip replacement surgery up nearly 2 weeks. I had to give them an answer on the spot. My 1st reaction was to say no, let's keep it as scheduled, I won't have enough time to "prepare myself". But then I thought about your message to us and realized that I needed to look out my windshield and no longer use my rear view mirror; that I had been a "prisoner" in the past, yielding to childhood fears that were no longer relevant. I quickly told them to book me on the new, much earlier date! And I said it emphatically! Best of all, I told the Opus group during my presentation how Mitchell's message had already impacted my life and hoped that some of them would experience the same thing that day or next. Mitchell, I do hope our paths do cross many times in the future. I have given your book and pamphlet to my deaf son, Mark (37), who has just become a credentialed teacher in the California high school system and is teaching 5 classes of ASL (a very popular "foreign language" in CA intermediate and high schools - - right behind Spanish) and told him all about you and your message(s). He has given some motivational speeches of his own (along with professional modeling and personal training) and would some day be very good at what you do. Would love to keep in touch with you and look forward to speaking a some venue in the future (please check out www.davidbrudney.com to see what I do for a living.
Warm regards, David
760-476-0830
david@davidbrudney.com
www.davidbrudney.com
Just returned home from the Academy for Chief Executives conference in London and wanted to thank you personally for your presentation. Truly inspirational!
Mitchell,
Here at the Federal Correctional Institution in Lompoc, the inmate participants in our Drug Program watch your videos and discuss the message you put out to them. They are always amazed at how positive you are. Many of them say they have nothing to complain about after seeing your video. I just want to thank you for those videos and sharing your message. If you are ever interested in being a guest speaker for one of our graduations, please let me know. Our speakers have only about 10 minutes during the ceremony, but can talk to the inmates for about 45 mins afterward. I know they would appreciate it, as would I.
Thank you again for your positive motivation.
Debra Colbert
Drug Treatment Specialist
Federal Correctional Institution
Lompoc, CA
Hi Mitchell. Five years ago you spoke at Bishop Garcia High School. I would love to see if you would be willing to visit us again. It is all new students and they would benefit tremendously from your message. Our Principal, Fr. Tom, used your boook on his religion class last year and would love to have you address the entire student body of 288 students. Last time I worked with you, Ilearned that your schedule is always tentative based on your speaking engagements around the world. We can be pretty flexible at Bishop. WOuld you be willing to visit us again and share your story with our Schol community? Please call me at 805-450-3182 or e-mail me at paijian@housing.ucsb.edu Thank you!
Mitchell:
It has been forever since we have seen each other - I am sorry we missed you when you were in Denver the last time. You have been in my thoughts a lot the past few days. Dad (Vince)was in an accident last Wednesday (10/18). As you know he goes full speed at everything. He was working on his house at his ranch in Eastern Colorado and he fell off a ladder. He fell from pretty high up and hit his head on a counter and then the floor. He fractured his skull and has a pretty severe injury. Things seemed to be going well through Saturday, he was trying to communicate and even walked a little bit - with assistance. On Sunday, the swelling/bruising increased. He went through emergency surgery and the damage to his frontal lobe was extensive. The neurosurgeon is telling us that he will not be the same guy he was before the accident. As of today, he has not woken up. They would like to see him wake up in the next 10 days. He is in Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. Hope has been with him since Wednesday. I have been going back and forth each day. You meant so much to him and to our family and were such a dear friend, I just wanted to let you know and I wanted to just get some mental support from you. I was looking at pictures last night from our time in Aspen and have such great memories of the time we spent together there, when you came ot visit in Washington and here in Denver. Please keep Dad in your thoughts and send him strength so he can fight through this!
Thanks Mitchell.
All my love, Tiffany
Mitchell,
Thank you so much for the time spent and message delivered to the OPUS team. I have shared your story and message a number of times already. My kids, 8 and 5, are very interested in your story and we will use it in our family for years to come.
You are a blessed man and have given me a very fresh perspective on handleing adversity and challenge.
Thanks!
Warmest Regards,
Travis from Boise.
Hi Mitchell,
I am 24 years old and was just a kid when you began running for office in the 80's. I started listening to a motivational series on tape last night and your name was mentioned along with your story. I looked you up on the internet and am so pleased that you are doing what you are doing. Thank you for your courage, optimism and tenacity.
You are a true inspiration to me and I look forward to reading your e-book.
Hello Mitchell,
I had the privilege of hearing you speak in person a few years ago in Ottawa when you were on tour with Dr. Phil. Your story is truly inspiring.
I am now teaching in a school for teen mothers. Often, these girls come to us with the idea that they have been pretty hard done by, and the impression that society owes them something because of where they are in life.
One of the ways I have tried to combat this perception is by starting a leadership class. Right now, the girls are reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, and that’s where I saw your name, which led me to your website!
Would you allow me to post your e-book as part of their reading assignments? I would also include a link to your website, and if you don’t mind, I would have them e-mail you their thoughts after they have read your story. These girls need to see that there are others that have been challenged in their lives, and have had the courage and strength to rise above it.
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Micheline Lajoie
Teacher
Ottawa, Canada
Dear Mitchell,
I have also had many setbacks in my life, but they still have not been as bad as yours. Often I feel that I have been the only one to receive the cruel treatment and abuse from my sick family.
When I was 18 years old I was criminally assaulted. My nose was broken in 8 places, and the criminal purposely used his large ring to disfigure my face. I was immediately rushed to the hospital, because the people at the State University of New York at Stony Brook believed that my injuries were life-threatening.
They were very concerned about me.
My family's response was very different. And that was what has made the mental torture and facial disfigurement even worse. My father called me a "pussy," and my sister said that this happened to me because I am weak. When I asked for medical treatment to fix my disfigured face, my mother turned angrily and said, "You'll have to work for it!" This was unbelievable because my parents had medical insurance for me and were making what would be $150,000 per year today.
Later, my father said that if I was a girl, he would have fixed it, but because I was a boy, he thought that it should be left deformed.
I hate my father, and if he were alive today, I would refuse to visit or speak to him.
It has been very painful, and most of all, lonely. I have not been on a date since this happened in 1978, because I felt that I was not good enough and was ugly from the disfigurement of my nose.
I began intensive therapy 3 years after I was beat-up. I have been on Social Security Disability since 1992. I can't seem to hold down a job which would require a college degree, but hold jobs which high school drop outs would refuse to take. I still live with my mother.
That you have fought back against such terrible events and circumstances gives me hope that I can find a way out of my unhappy life.
Your strength and wisdom are encouraging,
Peter Bagetakos
hello...i met you by accident yrs ago on the island of molaki.It was funny because i had just read your story in parade mag. and all of the sudden, there you were...and you are right, you are not just another pretty face.Well, recently you have come to mind due to burn injuries my brother has just recieved.He was burned at work in a boiling vat of water and is st joe burn center in fort wayne.I thought of you,and decided to look you up on the web.i knew it would do me good just to write you ...someone with your energy can only help things.I am glad that you are still around on this planet.Your story can only give my brother hope.Always a fan of yours...judy ingleman
I read about your courageous life and was so moved by it. I think you are a wonderful person and I have the highest regard for everything you are. Thank you for your inspirational story...I read about your life in one of the books called 'Chicken soup for the soul'
People like you are amazing. You brought me so much peace when I read about your life. God Bless....from Rosemary Ferraro
hi w.
i am sasan saifi fron the iran .
Hello Mr Mitchell,
My english isnt that good so Im going to be very short. What I wanted to write and say to you i that you are one of the most fantastic men I have ever heard of. Good luck to you and keep on doing whatever you are doing because you turn everything dark into light!
Best regards Niclas Reza Engvall
Hi Mitchell,
I spoke to TLC and they said thank you for your offer, but until the shows gets airdates nothing can be done. They don't know when the shows will air and will let us know when they do. However, she did suggest that if you want to encourage them to air the show that you write to:
Whitney Holland
Discovery Networks
One Discovery Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910
We will keep our fingers crossed.
All the best,
Geordie
Hi Mitchell,
I am SO looking forward to catching up with you again at the PSA Conference at the Belfry (UK) in November.
I'm so thrilled that you are speaking for us and . . . who better to close the whole UK Conference for this year??
You are a delight and an inspiration Mitchell . . . did I ever tell you that I was having so much fun with you when we spoke at the PSA Dublin Chapter that we missed the plane???
It was worth it!!!
I echo Tim Kidson's comments . . . let us know how best we can help you, and make it as great an experience for you as it is sure to be for us.
With love,
Mary
Very much looking forward to meetingup again at the Belfry. Please let me know if there is anything you need us to do for you before November.
First time in the USA; first time at an NSA convention
Someone said, “What took you so long?” It might have been W. Mitchell.
Running a training and consultancy business in the UK for twenty years, living near the Black Mountains of Wales and right next to the beautiful River Wye, we get milk from the cows at the end of the road; we collect mushrooms from the field. What do we want to climb onto an aeroplane (airplane) for?
Well two things happened in our house last year. Firstly the teenagers started to rebel. Ursula at 15 said “I just don’t want another summer holiday in a tent in the Black Mountains”, and Alistair (13) agreed and invited me to “get a life”. Their mother smirked quietly on the other side of the table for she has always wanted to travel. She likes motorways, airports, and foreign countries. I regard a trip to Worcester, 27 miles east of Hereford as, well not quite a trip of a lifetime, but certainly a significant journey. I suppose you might wonder why she married me.
So there it was, three against one.
At about the same time I was invited to a Chapter meeting of the Professional Speakers Association (PSA) somewhere in Birmingham. Now that is 54 miles north west of Hereford so I had to think twice about making the commitment, but I was assured that I would enjoy it. To cut a long story short, I came home feeling a bit like Toad of Toad Hall after he had seen his first car. It was a mixture of excitement, amazement mixed up with a feeling of trepidation. You know that something has happened to you and that there is no way back. I knew I was going to have to become a speaker.
And so it was that a few months later I found myself wandering round Heathrow airport London, probably looking a little lost because there in front of me was Paul Bridle (CSP). Paul was striding round the foyer with the air of a man in control. He was waving here, waving there, he was even chatting to the staff working for Emirates, our airline for the day. Several PSA members were making a trip out to Dubai for a World CEO Forum and Paul was speaking there.
As we were going through customs it was my turn to dumbfound Paul. He asked which was my favourite airline and I replied that this was to be my second flight. He looked incredulous, rocked back on his heels and said “What?!”
Anyway Dubai led to Orlando just as camping in the Black mountains of Wales led to a family room at the World Center Marriott. When you step out at Orlando International Airport, you think that someone has made a mistake with the thermostat, but no it really is that temperature.
You step into a hire car and just as you push down on the clutch you realise it is in fact a brake. There is no clutch. All American cars are automatic. But at 56 I’m feeling pretty automatic myself after the flight. And so the car proceeds in a series of jerks for two and a half hours before we enter the premises of World Center Marriott. Two and a half hours? Yes, I think we took the scenic route. There were several times that the kids thought that they could see the hotel. After a while I knew they could because everyone in the car was screaming “there it is!!” but in between being flung into the windscreen and then waving apologetically to other bemused road users, we couldn’t actually find the entrance.
The room itself looked out onto the golf course and one morning when I was jogging sedately round, just before sunrise, I asked a golfer about the alligators. He said that yes there is a seven foot beast up near the tenth and another larger animal resides near the fifteenth. I said “thanks” and proceeded to confine my exercise to the tarmacadam for the rest of the week. On the Saturday an entire squadron of fifty golf buggies were lined up and it occurred to me that no one walks round golf courses any more, certainly not at the World Center Marriott Orlando.
When you first see the Crystal Ballroom you think just how much did this carpet cost? I mean it is no ordinary carpet but the ballroom, well I don’t think we have anything quite that size in the UK, certainly not in Hereford.
It was great to be there a couple of days early, before the Convention began, just to watch the build up. I was really impressed by the organisation, the teamwork and the friendliness of everyone dealing with the delegates as they arrived. Sharon, my wife was staggered when we signed in. Brian, Dulce and Sue were on the desk but no sooner than Sharon had given our names than Sue asked how Alistair and Ursula were settling in. We just looked at each other.
As the beginning drew nearer so the excitement and tempo began to build. We just went with the flow, looking forward to hearing some legendary speakers that we had encountered on VOE but not actually seen. Of course by the Saturday we were also gearing up for the Youth Leadership Conference. We had taken a flyer with the kids really, kind of saying that it would be better than a couple of weeks camping in the Black Mountains of Wales, but how could we know for sure?
At the Youth Opening General Session it was Michael Scott Karpovich that knocked us out. He very quickly gained rapport with parents and children alike. However, nothing prepared us to watch son Alistair being held upside down by one leg after just a quarter of an hour of ‘Karpo’s’ talk. What a great presentation it was and it set the scene for our two. By evening time they were buzzing and so it was that every night we were able to reconvene and share the events and excitement of the day.
Certainly it really enhanced our convention massively knowing that the two children were up and ready to go each morning, usually before us. We shared a room at the World Centre Marriott and that could have been a challenge, but such was the interest of each day, it was simply high quality family time. It’s not every day that my daughter Ursula and I find so much to talk about.
Back home now with a shed full of notes from all the talks we heard. There are cd’s to listen to and so much to put into practice. Beverly Babb sent me an NSA Operations Manual because I chair the PSA 07 convention in London. What a great help that is and we are already learning from it in time for our November 06 Convention at The Belfry in Birmingham.
So what do I do with the tent? The children have already been on the San Diego website; Ursula thinks she can book some cheap flights if we do it now.
Tim Kidson September 2006
I was the girl you met at the award ceremony in Acapulco who you challenged to met ten people at the dinner for Smart Circle in Acapulco last weekend. Well I met twenty, and the thing I remember the most of Acapulco was your inspirational speech. You put a smile on my face and I'm forever grateful for your encouragement.
How ironic that you were our guest speaker for Innovage in Acapulco.It couldn't of been a more perfect time.Your story of Determination, Courage, Strength and Percerverance was soooo "INSPIRING".My friend Karin Parker had lost her husband Our Vice- President & Friend 5 mos ago to "Brain Cancer" and my year in the business was not so good.But after hearing your story of "Over coming your Neg's" and what you accomplished almost felt as if it was meant for us to hear to help up through our "Tough Times". We both thanked you in person after your most inspirational speech but I wanted again to THANK-YOU for being the person you are an "INSPIRATION". May "GOD" continue to Bless you in your work because it does change people's lives.
It was very ironic that you were asked to speak @ our meeting in Acapulco for Innovage. It couldn't of been a more perfect time.My friend Karin Parker who had just lost her husband to "Brain Cancer" only 5 mos ago and myself who had a not so good year in business.I want to " Thank-you" again for such an "INSPIRING" story of Strength, Courage, Determination and Perserverance and to let you know what an "IMPACT" YOU (1 person)had on our lives.May GOD continue to Bless You. Leslie Sheehan 08/07/06
I enjoyed your speech very much. I t has changed my outlook on life immensly. I'm learnin not to take so many things for granted that I do because they could be taken away just as easily. Thank you.
Mitchell,
I left the meeting feeling as though you and I had a personal conversation even though I listened to you speak in the same room as over one thousand others. Our "conversation" inspired me to immediately take action to deal with some lingering negative emotions and self defeating habits. It's easy to get cought up in the whirlwind around you and let your situation dictate your attitude. After listening to your story I am determined to grow personally and professionally at the same time. Thank you for joining our organization in Mexico. I travel all of the time, it has become somewhat of a routine. However, this is a trip I will never forget.
you spoke at our meeting at acapulco mexico i was truely blown awy by hearing you speak im a young 22 year old who has run a business with innovage since i was 18 and i sometimes get alittle overwelmed with every thing that goes on in my life and think of everything i have had to sacrifice to get where i want to be and it ant easy but hearing the path that you had to take made everything in my world seem so small and i cleared my head this weekend thanks to you when i thought every hting was going wrong i decided to do something about it and thats except what happens and move on with a positive outlook and you will always be happy thannk you so much this has changed my life i am indeted to you and will remember your talk forever
Mitchell, I just wanted to let you know that I heard you speak at the Innovage meeting in Acapulco this past weekend, and you stole the show. We had four days in the sun and sand with one three hour meeting mixed in. As you can imagine the meeting wasn't the part of the weekend people were most excited about, however almost everyone I have talked to says your involvement was the most memorable. So I just wanted to thank you for inspiring myself and so many others.
Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom. I by chance heard your speech when I borrowed a (Unity Church of Ventura, CA)CD from a friend of mine. I love you saying, "it's what you do about it" because that is becoming such a blatent reality in my life and those around me at this time. I'm trying to encourage a close friend of mine to change her life course and get out of a very bad relationship and I'm going to tell her your words to help encourage her. So your experience and wisdom have spread further than just your speech at the Unity church and will probably spread even further once she gets out of this bad relationship based on your words of wisdom! Thank you and I pray that God continues to bless you and those you come in contact with. Thank you!
Like others, I just saw you on Balance TV. Weird! I was just thinking about you and there you were. This is not the first time I'd drawn inspiration from you. You'd first inspired me to deal with the challenges of life with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities when I heard you on TV years ago. Thank you for spurring me to look for the opportunity in adversity. I wasn't always able to see it and that's when I found your message one of the most hope. One blog entry about you is here -http://lifewithmcs.blogspot.com/2005/08/its-what-you-do-with-it.html
It was written last year and you're still popping into my mind. Regularly. With gratitude, Lynn
I was just sitting hear listening to an interview you had on Balance as I listen to the show daily since I lost my vision 8 weeks ago. It has been a life altering experience. I am a young wife and mother of 2 beautiful girls. I woke up 8 weeks ago and could not see, a few days later I was told I had diabetic retinopathy and emergency surgery was required on both eyes. The surgeries have been unsuccessful in returning my vision so into survival mode me and my family went. I struggled and they struggled for weeks we sat here questioning Why? and never received an answer. It was about a month ago that I stopped asking the question and said okay this has happened and what am I going to do about it. The tears stopped flowing and the angry began to subside and I made a choice to do the very best I could and be the very best person I can be regardless of my vision impairment. CNIB has been a huge resource and has taught me that I can still do the things I did before only the path taken needs to be modified. I chose to be strong so that I can be a role model for my daughters. Children learn from their parents and I want to teach them that life throws many curves both good and bad, it is how you chose to react and handle them that shows what you can do for yourself. I have now ordered your CD as I can not read your book and I look forward to listening to your story. I work everyday to better myself and as you know some days are better then others but with my new attitude I can only look forward to better days. I hope that one day I will be strong enough to take what I am learning and give a small piece back to my support team.
Today is my day off. Puttering around the house I had the show Balance on the TV. I have been in a abusive relationship ( not necessarily physical, but abusive none the less ) with a progressive alcoholic. I have been praying, hoping, and longing for change only to know deep inside this was never going to ring true. Today has been an unusually emtional day for me. Hearing what you had to say about changing your life, being in charge, and looking towards the futrure really hit me hard. I just wanted to say thank you for being on my TV when you were and saying what you did in that moment. It hit me like a ton of bricks! Here's to a happier, healthier me!
I just saw your interview on Balance, filmed out of Toronto, Ontario and have to say that I have lived by a similar philosophy as yourself. I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, a chronic illness, almost 12 years ago (at the age of 13). I have since become a youth representative for Lupus Ontario, counseling newly diagnosed youth and their family members. I was approached to fulfill such a role given my adaptation to a life with "limitations"; however I do not view these as limitations. Rather, I think about all that I have learned about myself, my life goals and both family and friends because of my experience. I consider myself lucky to be able to draw from my own experience to encourage and inspire other youth in similar situations. My life philosophy is that we all have challenges/difficulties to overcome, mine just happens to be a daily challenge of living with a chronic condition. I can still achieve everything that I set my mind to, however, may need to take a slightly different path than an "normal" individual. I am currently completing my second year of a Master's Social Work program in hopes of working with adolescents in a hospital setting. Thank you again for spreading such a worthy message. Did you have any advice for someone who hopes to follow in your foot steps and become a motivational speaker?
Hi, 2-1/2 years ago my fiance was in a plane crash, his wings iced up and he went into a tail spin and somehow he survived. He fought long and hard to be able to fly again, which is his first love. He suffered from frostbite and has had to have reconstructive surgery on his upper lip. It's not complete, still about 1/3 to go. The problem is he thinks he looks like a monster and refuses to return home or let any of us see him in photos. The last few months I could tell he's been more and more depressed. Waiting for the last surgery - which is dependent upon his immune system being up to par. I heard Tony Robbins mention you on a tape that I haven't listened to in years, so I Googled your name and found your web site. I am hoping the strength you have will help my fiance. I keep telling him that I don't care what he looks like, I just want him home. And I keep trying to help him focus on all the great things he has, and all the things he can still do. He just says I don't know what he's going through. And it's true, I don't. Having never been through it, there is no way I could. I don't know if you ever write back to these messages, but if you do; if you could write to my fiance. His name is James. I would be forever grateful. Thank you, so very much.
Gday Mitchell,
my name is Phil and you have recently phoned me twice but I was not home to answer your calls, I e-mailed Jackie twice, trying to you establish contact with you, to no avail, I am severely burnt, and if it wasn't for my baby daughter, I knows that I would no longer be walking this earth. I struggle every day to stand up and take one step after another, God put me in the situation for a reason, he obviously has a plan for me, I am unable to see what it is, I am unable to see anything through the clouds of depression. My best to you and yours
I first heard about you on CBC and made a note of the website to find out more. You are a true inspiration. I will keep the site as a favourites to share with others.
Mitchell;
Thank you for the outstanding speech you gave us at Money Matters V in Boston last Thursday. You are an amazing person with a message that everyone needs to hear. I have told countless people about your story and have already lent your book to a friend going through challenges in her life. I know it will make a difference.
God Bless you,
Greg Anderson
ps- I'm keeping my eyes open regarding that special request you made to the group and will report back. I have a great Rolodex. :-)
My son who often says how tough his life has been for him, sat beside you on a plane today . He was very impressed with your courage and love of life. He said, whenever he gets down he'll always think of you and realize things arn't so bad. God bless you and protect you always. Claire
Mr. Mitchell, I happened to come across your story in a tony robbins tape and I immediately searched for you online. I only want to say that you are just amazing. I have shared your story with a lot of my friends and I just hands down bow to your courage and guts.
Respectfully,
-sandeep
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Hi Mitch,
I am one of those who ate with you at Cardero's in Vancouver after your CAPS presentation before you and Scott left for Whistler. I was the one who suggested you actually have someone turn to the person beside them and tell them their transfer (you know, I'm the attractive woman with the "arctic blond" hair ;-). You spoke about Tony Robbins and his word: NEXT! I too use this in my keynote; I position it as follows: Tony Robbins says: If you are absolutely depressed because your relationship has ended, what you must do is go out on your front lawn and at the top of your lungs yell: NEEEEEEEEEEEEXT! Mitch, you positioned this differently and I'd like to add what you said to my words. If only I could remember what you said. Something about the most important word in the English language? Or??? Would you kindly enlighten me??? Hi Mitch,
I am one of those who ate with you at Cardero's before you and Scott left for Whistler. I was the one who suggested you actually have someone turn to the person beside them and tell them their transfer (you know, the attractive woman with the "arctic blond" hair). You spoke about Tony Robbins and his word: NEXT! I too use this in my keynote; I position it as follows: Tony Robbins says: If you are feeling down because your relationship has ended, what you must do is go out on your front lawn and at the top of your lungs yell NEEEEEEEEEEEEXT! You positioned this differently and I'd like to add what you said to my words. If only I could remember what you said. Something about the most important word in the English language? Would you kindly enlighten me??? Hi Mitch,
I am one of those who ate with you at Cardero's before you and Scott left for Whistler. I was the one who suggested you actually have someone turn to the person beside them and tell them their transfer (you know, the attractive woman with the "arctic blond" hair). You spoke about Tony Robbins and his word: NEXT! I too use this in my keynote; I position it as follows: Tony Robbins says: If you are feeling down because your relationship has ended, what you must do is go out on your front lawn and at the top of your lungs yell NEEEEEEEEEEEEXT! You positioned this differently and I'd like to add what you said to my words. If only I could remember what you said. Something about the most important word in the English language? Would you kindly enlighten me???
HI Mitchell,
A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of hearing you speak at the Top 100 Businesses in Vancouver event. I can not express to you the impact that your speach had on me. For several years, maybe the majority of my 38 years I have not been in jail, but paralyzed, paralyzed from fear, rejction, success you name it fear has held me back in so many ways. After hearing about your increadible life, your accomplishments, your pain & suffering I have been inspired to live my life to its fullest. Everytime a negative thought or feeling comes to me I change that thought to a positive one. I want to thank you for so many things, the courage you have, for your great sense of humor, for your intelligence, your abilty to share your story with complete strangers and for being you, thanks so very much.
Katheirne Mitchell
I wanted to let you know that you truly inspired me to look at what my transfer challenge is. I've uncovered it and am on my way to getting on and off that couch! I'm honored to have met you. I was deeply touched by the congruence and authenticity that you exemplify. A la prochaine. :)
Hello Mitchell, I recently had the opportunity to hear you speak in at the Top 100 event in Vancouver, and I was so moved and impowered by your words and overal presence! I went home and shared everything with my daughter, and she was also so touched by your message and story. Thank you for your courage and strength! It has changed my life, because I am now "doing something about it"!
I just finished your book and it moved me so much. You are an inspiration to everyone and I will certainly never complain (well I can't say never), but I won't complain as much about life's 'little problems'. I was living in Crested Butte at the time of your plane crash and even though I never knew you- I knew OF you. Anyway- thank you for the message that you are giving people!!!
Hi Mitchell,
I was really blessed to hear your message featured in "The courage to give book" it was such great lesson and insight to learn from those. its really not wshat happens to you trhat matters but its what you do about it. thanks for your meaningful experience. by the way through reading that book i was encourage to help less fortunate children nearby the squatter's area in our palce and i pray that God would help us make this through. please help us with your foundation to help these less fortunate kids to be ablessing as well to others soon through their education. thank you
Years back I saw you on a television program put on by the authors of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series, I'm wondering if you have a dvd available that I could purchase with the video clip that you shared with them on their TV program. Any information you could share would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Dennis Larson
Of the 10,000 things that I can do I hope one of those is to one day meet you and give you a hug..you have healed my heart and brightened my soul. Thank you
Greetings from Denmark,
I am speechless ... and promise never again to complain.
Mitchell;
Hi! I ordered a couple of your books online and wish that you could sign them for me - one for me and one for a friend named Mark. Mark is going thru a very hard time with depression and poor health ... he can use your inspiration right now because he feels like giving up.
The reason I wanted to get him your book is because my boyfriend Joe who is a manager at the Phoencian Resort in Phoenix met you while you where presenting there a while back. He was so impressed with you and your book. He continally reads from your book for inspiration said it would make a great gift for Mark.
This is greatly appreciated! Hope to see you and thank you in person while at the NSA convention this month,
Debbie Allen
your ugly i hope you get raped by a ape
I seen you on Shaw T.V. I sent your Ecard to my daughter, I know it wasn't coincedence, I used it to encourage her to choose right for her life, she's at a cross roads with a boyfriend whoose choosing wrong for his life and bringing her down. thanks for living well.
Dear Mitchell,
Welcome to Vancouver! It was a blessing to me and millions other viewers, to watch your interview this morning - very inspiring, life changing and powerful. It will not be too strong to say ¡V You are a blessing to the world! Your valuable messages were delivered very clear, concise and with passion. I have no doubts, that you changed every viewer a bit in a very positive way ƒº
God bless you!
Have a terrific visit in Canada and all the best!!!
Jackie Slavenova
Hi Mitchell,
I also just saw you on Fanny Keifer's show this morning by chance. We met in the mid-80's in Vancouver at a Wheelchair Sports event. I was a volunteer/Board member at the time for the B.C. organization. You gave me a postcard when we met and chatted. I still have it today and I often wondered how your journey in life was going. Glad to hear that it is successful and that you are still doing your great motivational talks for others.
My good wishes to you and I do wish that I had known earlier that you'd be in town as I'd have made the effort to say 'hello' again.
Sincerely,
Wendy Alden
Listened to you on tv as I was getting ready for work and you are totally amazing and inspired me to be happier.Thanks
Just heard you on the FAnny show and wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your message, your courage, your attitude. I also appreciate the message you are sharing with thousands of others who need to hear what you have to say. YOur message gives hope!
Thank you.
Florence R. Rickards, Inspirational Speaker
Mitchell,
Just saw you with Annie on Studio 4 and don't know what to tell you except thanks. Thank you for being so brave. Thank you for reminding me that pain is inevitable and that suffering is optional (I've done both pain and suffering and have perhaps drawn out the suffering part).
I'm single, too, but, you know, I don't say it with the same positive tone that you managed to say it on tv.
Looks like your accident may have been a "gift" of sorts.
Gotta go watch the rest of the show - - I need reading material for the summer.
Take care. I'll check out your website later.
Thanks for being you.
Heidi
My dear Mr. Mitchell,
Thank you for giving an opportunity for sending you my appreciation and admiration for you. I've read about you in Tony Robbins' book. You are truly an inspiration with unshakable foundations. It's great to have people like you in this world who would always remind us about the power that dwells within each of us. Truly, you've robbed people of all the excuses that they give for not doing what they should do. Thank you for inspiring me.
God bless you.
Hi Mitchell,
have searched long and hard to find you. We need your help.... A year ago my dear friend was the pilot in a severe helicopter accident in Canada. He has survived 85% burns, has lost the use of his hands and is blind. He is loved by a devoted wife and has a 5 month old daughter. He has been medivaced back into Australia, has had 35 operations, and requires ongoing treatment and full time care.
He had a near death experience at the accident site, at that point he asked to live a little longer and did... yet even surrounded by the love of his people,he says that not a day goes by when he does not wish that he died on the side of the mountain. He has been seen by a plethora of psychiatrists and coucilors etc, and he is medicated for depression, to no avail - the "black dog" lingers on. He says that the only real hope he has found has been talking to other survivors - are you doing any lectures in Australia? Is there any way you could talk to him? I fear for him and his wife and babe, he has fought a long hard battle, he just needs to find some hope and peace.
Many thanks for your time,
Suzy
Mitchell,
Good talking with you today. And thank you for being the person you are.
I forget when we first met but it was at the Regency Hotel in Denver back when it was one of the better hotels...I think it is now apartments or student housing.
You had an office in Union Station and I was across the street in the Oxford...time flys.
In our next email "broadcast" I'd like to include a link to your website and also tell a little about you and what you do. Can you provide a short paragraph to go with the link? I'd also like to have you consider linking to each other's site.
Not what we have but what we use.
Not what we see but what we choose.
These are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness. JF Newton
Mitakuye Oyasin,(we are all related)
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Hi Mitchell, My name is Michelle, im the waitress that served you at teazers SA. The last time we spoke you agreed to send me a coppy of your book. I must admit that i was sceptical about the entire thing, but obveiously when i received your book i was totally and utterly amazed that you had remembered to send it.
Before i even opened the book i was touched at the fact that somebody besides myself actualy does what they say.
There were so many odd circumstances surrounding my receiving the book, when i got to work that morning i was told that someone in a wheelchair had left something in reception for me, I immediately knew that it was the book you had delivered. Later that day i had a message left by an old friend i hadn't seen for a while. Later that evening, I was relieved of my duties at Teazers. So your book came with extraordinary circumstances (feat).
This friend of mine had been going through a lot of changes in his life the last few years and was verry re;uctant to accept this, I begged him for a month to read your book, obveiously being insecure and jelouse as he is he refused, he even dismissed me when I tried to tell him how I acquired the book. I eventually managed to get him to read the book. He was so enspired that he expressed how lucky I was to have actually have met you in person. Your book has made4 me understand more fully what i alredy knew, i was always just a little hessitant as to my capabilities. Like every person who has ever read your book, i need to experss my grattitued toward your insite and the improvements i am in the process of making with your help. M
My friend Shane Herritage who is now my fiance was so in awe with your book, he asked me to send you an email to express his grattitude and support in you words. Shane is extermely excited about the rest of our lives together thanks to you, he has begged me to BEGG you that the next time you are in South Africa, that if there may be some slim chance we may beable to meet, maybe at a conference or anything. Shane is so excited that he may actualy get to meet you that he cannot stop talking about it.
I do realize that you are an imortant and busy man, and i do realize that it is highly unlikely that you may have time, but i implore you... You have changed this mans life including mine forever, Shane referrs to you as the greates man alive. I have alredy had the pleasure, i hope he may have the same pleasure, one day. Shane is a beeraholic among other things, he has rehabilitaded himself in life to be more than just that. That being more than he was capable of doing before reading your book.
THE CHANGE IN HIS MOTIVATION IS PURELY VISIBLE, PLEASE, IF YOU ARE EVER IN SOUTH AFRICA AGAIN, PLEASE BE SO KIND AS TO LET ME KNOW IF WE COULD ATTEND ONE OF YOUR SEMINARS OR SOMETHING SO THAT SHANE MAY FORFILL HIS NEW LIFES AMBITION TO MEET W MITHCHELL IN PERSON.
MICHELLE OSTERLOH MOBILE: +27 076 898-8727
SHANE HERRITAGE MOBILE: +27 073 869-9879
EMAIL. mickosterloh@hotmail.com
Dear Mitchell,
Aloha!
Long time no hear! I had to write to you, as I am now teaching in a nursing school. I was preparing my burn lecture for this class, and knew that I wanted to talk to them about you. I did a web search, and here you are! I just wanted to say thank you for saving my life, and changing me for the better with everything that you shared with me. Thank you for helping me believe in life all over again. Best wishes always Julie Walraven
Dear Mitchell
G'day there! Are you going to CAPS this year? I am. On another matter, can you please give your permission to have a photo of you and me entered into a competition? Thanks - let us know. Warmestwishes, Rodney
Good morning,
I hesitated to write you knowing that you probobly would not read this. After looking at your message board it is apparant that you have people working for you and you do not personally read your own mail. That would be a full time job in itself. If by chance you read this, thank you.
I was visiting my sister in Clear Lake, Ca. over Memorial week end and found your book on her shelf and could not put it down. My sister Patsey lost her adult son Jason to prescription drugs and her adult daughter is now in re-hab for the second time with the same problem. My sister goes to work and when she is not working she is in bed. I am anxious for her to read the book that has been sitting on her shelf. She is the human resourses director for Konocti Casino. The area that she works in is pretty down and out. Not the most up-lifting of places for someone like her. Her casino hires motivational speakers and I am sure she would love to try to book you if at all possible. Your message is strong and I thank you, it makes someone like me with depression issues,(runs in the family)feel like I have much to be grateful for. Thank you for not making those kind of problems seem small. You are a down to earth sorta guy.
Sincerly,
Chrissy Johnson
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I am convinced that your life and, more importantly, your personal philosophy has inspired us all. Day by day I try to put the habit of proactivity into practice and I have to say that my life has improved considerably since I read about the way you turned tragedies into triumphs.
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Hi,
It's great to see your site. I'm Jim maclaren, a keynote speaker and also a quad. We've spoken via telephone before and i'm also a Craig alum!
Mr. Mitchell, I've been blessed with a wonderful year of media and speeches. However, I am needing your thoughts on NSA questions. I often have trouble, due to my schedule and health attending chapter meetings. Even the National convention may not work as I am booked that week.
How quickly is it necessary for me to receive the credentials, csp..etc?
Thank you and I hope that you are well.
Jim
Hi,
It's great to see your site. I'm Jim maclaren, a keynote speaker and also a quad. We've spoken via telephone before and i'm also a Craig alum!
Mr. Mitchell, I've been blessed with a wonderful year of media and speeches. However, I am needing your thoughts on NSA questions. I often have trouble, due to my schedule and health attending chapter meetings. Even the National convention may not work as I am booked that week.
How quickly is it necessary for me to receive the credentials, csp..etc?
Thank you and I hope that you are well.
Jim
Dear Mitchell
Your story has touched me deep down in the heart.Keep doing what you do because if you touch me you are touching millions others. Thankyou so much.
Hi W Mitchell,
I have both read and heard your story on cd and number of years ago. To this day if something goes wrong in my life, my instant thoughts are, "It's not what happens to me, it's what I do about it that counts." Your inspiring story has got me through some tough times in my life and I just wanted to let you know you have made a huge difference in my life.
Thanks Mitchell, very, very much.
Thankyou.
Claudio Dippolito
Victoria Australia.
Dear Mitchell, Some years ago,in Sydney, I attended a seminar at which you spoke. I was deeply moved by your story and bought your book. Last year a beautiful little girl called Sophie Delezo was involved in a horrific accident when a car careered into a pre-school. She was trapped underneath & the car caught fire. She lost a leg and hand and suffered shocking burns. She is a brave and wonderful child who came through even though her injuries were so appalling. How horrified we were to hear the news a few weeks ago that poor little Sophie was being pushed in a pram at a pedestrian crossing when a car failed to stop and she was thrown 18 mtres. Again appalling injuries. I kept thinking about Sophie and about you and the parallel of your accidents. Is it possible for you to give some of your wonderful and courageous thoughts and wisdom to this family? Your comments about helping children is so relevant. I am sure I could find further information about Sophie and her family if you would be willing to contact them. Yours in admiration. Sincerely, Diana
Dear Mitchell,
Thank you for your wonderful presentation at Joe's 75 birthday a couple of night's ago. I was really impressed by your speaking style and your ability to relate to the audience. Your message, of course, was the most impressive thing. You have a positive effect on many people. Keep up the good work.
Regards
Richard Lurie
Mitchell,
It was my pleasure to have shared an evening with you last evening at Joe's 75th birthday party. This was the first time I've had the opportunity to experience one of your presentations, though we've been indrectly connected
via speaking for 15+ years. You were incredibly inspirational and my company will look forward to work with
you for future speaking and training events. God bless you
for the goodness you share with others!!!! Hi Mitchell. We met briefly on Saturday at the London PSA meeting. I'm the guy running The WOW! Awards. I had a feeling that I knew who you were but had to rush home and find my Chicken Soup to b |