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Robert Darin Kintigh, (born February 13, 1972) is an Author/Professional Speaker/Business consultant and is best known for his training and speaking engagements on personal development.

Robert Kintigh grew up in Downey California and has been an entrepreneur since he was in high school. Robert's passion for business and helping people drove him to study two favorite things in life; the first is people and the second is business. After high school Robert attended college at Butte College, Chico State, Crowder College and SEMO where he studied business and marketing among other subjects as well as Robert has had a thirst for knowledge since he was a young man.

Robert began his love for writing when he was a young child in Elementary school and wanted to one day write a book that would be meaningful to many people. On September 25th 2012 Robert released the book The Lies We Tell Ourselves after 8 years of research and writing and was published by Balboa Press, a Division of Hay House Publishing. The book is quickly climbing the best seller lists on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles and the reviews have been very strong.

Robert wrote his second book called On the Run - How to Investigate and Find Your Runaway Teen in November 2012 and is a run off story from his first book The Lies We Tell Ourselves about his teenage daughter and the tough situations and trouble she found herself in for about a year. This book is more of a survival guide for parents with runaway teen issues.

Robert is an up and coming author with lots of potential as he has the ability to relay complicated information in a simple way. This ability gives Robert the chance to help people with their lives and their personal development. Robert has also written 2 more ebooks to date. One is called The Mobile App Revolution for Small Business and How to Brand Yourself Online. His next full feature book due out in 2013 is called Employee Behavior Modification and is sure to make an impact with employers, teams and organizations.

Early Life and Education
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Robert Kintigh, the youngest of two boys, was born in Paramount California, to Elizabeth Dianne Kintigh and Denis Kintigh. His father who Robert writes about in his first book The Lies We Tell Ourselves, was a deranged and delusional person was an auto mechanic and his mother worked for Bank of America in South Gate California for 30 years. Both parents come from a modest educational back ground with no college degrees or attendance. After some very tragic events in their lives, Robert's mother packed them up and moved them to where they could afford to live away from their father. They settled in South East Los Angeles for almost 5 years where Robert lived some very tough life lessons. In fifth grade, Robert's mother packed them up and removed him from the harsh living conditions and moved the family to Downey California where he would reside through graduating high school.

Robert went to Rio San Gabriel in fifth grade, East Middle School for middle school and Downey High School is where he would graduate from. Robert attributes a lot of his success these days to the way he grew up and has few regrets these days although admits it was tough at the time.

In 1990 he graduated high school and went to college where he majored in learning, playing sports and working a full time job in the property management and construction. Over the next 15 years he has gone back to college 3 more times getting degrees in business and marketing as well as certificate programs. For Robert it has always been about the learning and not some piece of paper to hang on the wall. I had a desire to learn life and not how to get through school.

Marriage and Family
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Robert Kintigh married Sallie Lynn Kintigh on May 20th 1994 and the couple have 3 children together: Darin, Autumn and Dawson. They currently live in Cool California near Sallie's parents and other family. They attend church and are Christians.

Before and After Publishing His Books
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Robert started working repair and maintenance work as a child as he needed money to play all of the sports that he wanted to be a part of. He learned at a young age how to work hard and get what he needed in life. Once out of high school, Robert worked the property management and repair industry and had his own businesses. For over 20 years he owned his own construction and maintenance company and a consulting business as well as a number of other businesses.

Besides his career choices, Robert has worked in many industries along the way as outlined in his first book The Lies We Tell Ourselves. From Retail to entertainment to glass, flooring and employee leasing, Robert has a well rounded background in business and sales.

Writing Career
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Robert has not taken the traditional role as an author. He has started his career with self publishing both with Balboa Press ( a division of Hay House Publishing) and his own publishing company Truth Mastery. His hopes is to build up a platform that will put him on the radar with the big publishing companies. He has wored on his online presence for over 9 years and continues to gain exposure and notoriety along the journey he is on. Robert has several books planned to launch over the next couple of years and he also plans on writing in different genres.