[Al Skierkiewicz]

Wow, you're asking a lot. There are tons of inspirational things people say and hear everyday. When I was trying to teach myself acoustics I found a group that taught everything I needed to know. Synergetic Audio Concepts was taught by a husband and wife team, Don and Caroline Davis. The word "synergetic" in their title should tell you a lot. A synergistic material is one that is stronger than the sum of the strengths of the two materials individually, i.e. reinforced concrete. Don and Caroline would always place this saying in the newsletters, so I am going to pass it on to you...
"I met a man with a dollar, we exchanged dollars and then we each had a dollar. I met a man with an idea, we exchanged ideas and then we each had two ideas."
The free exchange of ideas whether in Syn-Aud-Con or FIRST or Boy Scouts, has propelled me further in my field and in life, than anything else.