Are you a lion or a kitten? Did stoicism get it right? Should we be living as the stoics believed, existing more in the present and focusing on what’s within us and less on what’s outside? Are the virtues we possess such as strength and courage and temperament the key to true peace, versus reaching […]
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What does growth look like? Is it a straight line? No! It’s a series of peaks and valleys. Growth isn’t linear. Robert Falkenberg takes a look at the lives of several successful people from Henry Ford to Stephen King to Thomas Edison to J. K. Rowling who suffered setbacks on their way to accomplishing their
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Listen to Episode 007 of the Robert Falkenberg Author Podcast! Available now! The author briefly discusses his book signing for Deceit Runs Red at Inkling Books on April 25th. Then he dives into a discussion of greatness and genius, and how those who seem to have one or both often exhibit other character traits that
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No one ever thinks they’re the bad guy. The author examines the idea of villains, and how people’s perspective influences whether they consider themselves villains. The Mason County Hoo Doo War and the life of former Texas Ranger Scott Cooley. What makes a villain? The type of act? The absence of a necessary act? One
The author talks about happiness. Can it be boiled down to a science? The author reads Katydids, one of his essays.
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The author reads Split Decision, a short story. Brady discovers much and finds an unlikely ally when his wife Rachel walks out the door.
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In this first episode of the podcast, the author reads a short work called “Blood of the Mountain” and talks about improvisation.
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When Dade County Circuit Court Judge Edward Cowart sentenced Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy to death for brutally murdering two Florida co-eds, he said something. “Take care of yourself, young man. I say that to you sincerely; take care of yourself. It is an utter tragedy for this court to see such a total waste of
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Wait . . . One of the houses I lived in as a child is now a bookstore? Books? The universe is telling me something, right? You gotta go to this bookstore. A good book is full of character, like this house. What better place to buy a literary gem? Walk around and peruse the
