Ep. 119 - Featuring Airline Pilot Rob Akers

The Main Thing Podcast

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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