Nov 26, 2024
Welcome to the Main Thing Podcast, your wisdom podcast. I'm Skip Lineberg and I'll be your host.
Twice each month, we bring you a concise, high impact wisdom lesson. Fresh insights and unique perspectives from the wisest people around.
Studying their wisdom and learning together, we all get a little better at life.
From Combat to Creativity - Rob Akers’ Journey
In this episode, you hear from my good friend, Rob Akers. Rob is a professional pilot, a father, a husband, creative writer and combat veteran.
In this wide-ranging, intimate wisdom conversation, you'll hear about:
- What it feels like to be shot at while flying an airplane;
- How this brave man deals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and
- How the creative writing process looks from within the creative mind.
More About Our Wise Guest - Rob Akers
Rob Akers is not a speaker, thinker, teacher, philosopher, intellectual psychologist, preacher or entrepreneur. Rob is just a regular guy who is trying to get through life by making his world a little better every day.
Rob and I recorded inside Parkwood Studios in Charleston, West Virginia.
Resources
Rob’s published story in Spurs & Six Shooters: Tales of the Old West on Amazon.
Connect with Rob on Facebook
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Episode Chapters
[0:03:02] - Being shot at while flying an airplane
[0:06:07] - How Skip and Rob are connected
[0:06:40] - Rob’s career in aviation; military service
[0:09:56] - Rob shares his Main Thing wisdom
[0:13:24] - Survival, love and the will to live
[0:15:46] - PTSD, forgiveness and healing
[0:18:19] - Importance of having a counterbalance on the aircraft and in life
[0:19:14] - Rob pulls back the curtain on his creative writing practice