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  <title>Ep. 119 - Featuring Airline Pilot Rob Akers</title>
  <description>Welcome to the Main Thing Podcast, your wisdom podcast. I'm Skip Lineberg and I'll be your host. &amp;amp;nbsp; Twice each month, we bring you a concise, high impact wisdom lesson. Fresh insights and unique perspectives from the wisest people around. &amp;amp;nbsp; Studying their wisdom and learning together, we all get a little better at life. &amp;amp;nbsp; From Combat to Creativity - Rob Akers’ Journey&amp;amp;nbsp; 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. &amp;amp;nbsp; 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.  &amp;amp;nbsp; 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. &amp;amp;nbsp; Rob and I recorded inside Parkwood Studios in Charleston, West Virginia. &amp;amp;nbsp; Resources Rob’s published story in Spurs &amp;amp;amp; Six Shooters: Tales of the Old West on  Amazon. Connect with Rob on Facebook &amp;amp;nbsp; Credits Editor + Technical Advisor  Bob Hotchkiss Brand + Strategy Advisor Andy Malinoski PR + Partnerships Advisor Rachel Bell Marketing, Social Media and Graphic Design Chloe Lineberg &amp;amp;nbsp; Stay Connected with Us on Social YouTube @themainthingpod Twitter @themainthingpod Instagram @themainthingpod Facebook&amp;amp;nbsp; @TheMainThingPod LinkedIn &amp;amp;nbsp; Help Support and Sustain This Podcast  Become a subscriber. Share the podcast with one or two friends. Follow us on social media @TheMainThingPod Buy some Main Thing Merch from our  Merchandise Store. Buy a book from our curated wisdom collection on bookshop.org. Become a patron and support us on Patreon with funding.  &amp;amp;nbsp; Episode Chapters [0:03:02] - Being shot at while flying an airplane [0:06:07] - How Skip and Rob are connected&amp;amp;nbsp; [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&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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