Hello fellow thinkers!My name is Floyd Maxwell and I am a 49-year-old, born and raised in "Beautiful British Columbia", Canada. I am proud to live next to the United States of America (I'm married to an American) and invite you to search the Internet for fellow Canadian Gordon Sinclair's famous broadcast in support of Americans.
Trained as a Chemical Engineer [article | National Database], I got much more interested in computers in 1983 and switched over. Today I am a "web worker", having created the following sites: first site [done in less than 250,000 bytes -- a site limit at the time], second, third, this one and now a partnership with Clayne Conings.
Thanks to my father, Jayce, I have had a love of quotes all my life and started collecting "only the good ones" about 20 years ago. When the Internet came along I started sending out 9 quotes per day to an ever increasing number of my friends and did this for two years before starting offering first [Q9, then Misc9 and most recently AAAmaZine to the world.
The intent behind Q9 is that each of the 9 quotes is aimed at a specific aspect of life: (1) piloting one's own ship, (2) the joys and traps of our associates, (3) humor and all things interesting, (4) the technical details of living, (5) the need to seek, find and promote truth, (6) home, family and responsibility to others, (7) philosophy, (8) success in all its forms, (9) giving back to others and to life. [more]
Here is a sample of what I sent out around September 11th, 2001.
My quote-collecting philosophy is based on not wanting to send trite, overly used or flat-out "wrong" aphorisms. Quotes I send must be (a) self-contained, needing no additional explanations or "insider" knowledge, (b) contain something of value -- whether that be a truth, a fresh angle or simply the credibility of the source adding to what most have already said on a subject and (c) they must be concise. Despite my degree I am for sure not an academic.
Note that I specifically avoid sending too many of my own quotes because that is a good way to become a target of criticism. I don't want nor need this, but most importantly neither do you! It creates a perfect distraction for everyone, stopping them from benefiting from "the wisdom of the ancients". I prefer to leave petty personality remarks to the media as they seem to specialize in this area. After all:
Great minds discuss ideas,
average minds discuss events,
small minds discuss people.Besides, we live in the most distracted age ever. I don't want to make it worse. I would much rather savor one of Jim Rohn's quotes on "discipline" and think about his "Seven Strategies For Wealth And Happiness" set of tapes. Paraphrasing Mr. Rohn: "Discipline. If there is one magic key..."
But I do slip in thoughts of my own, so keep your eyes open -- you've been warned!
Bottom line: I want to encourage, inspire and prod everyone, including myself, to think more, better, deeper, longer...and then to act. Action is Discipline's sister, and both are keys to the good life, to a life that leaves behind something of lasting value.
"Think!"
- Thomas Watson"Action!"
- A special friendTo that end is Just Think It ! dedicated.
Sincerely,
P.S. People often ask me if I have a favorite quote. Here are my my 800 favorite Q9 quotations and my 4,000 personal favorite quotations and.
