Will Harvey
Will Harvey
Will Harveyis a software developer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. At the age of 15 he wrote Music Construction Setfor the Apple II, the first commercial sheet music processor for home computers. Music Construction Set was ported to other systems by its publisher, Electronic Arts. He wrote two games for the Apple IIgs: Zany Golfand The Immortal. Harvey founded two consumer virtual world Internet companies: IMVU, an instant messaging company, and There, Inc., an MMOG company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.
Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.
It doesn't matter if they say you can't do it. It only matters if you say you can't.
Don't equate activity with efficiency. You are paying your key people to see the big picture. Don't let them get bogged down in a lot of meaningless meetings and paper shuffling. Announce a Friday afternoon off once in a while. Cancel a Monday morning meeting or two. Tell the cast of characters you'd like them to spend the amount of time normally spent preparing for attending the meeting at their desks, simply thinking about an original idea.
I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.
We all start out in life with one thing in common; We all have the same amount of time. It's just a matter of what we do with it.
There has been a seismic shift in the business world. The great classical business principles still hold true but they need to be fused with cutting edge internet technology.
Minds are like parachutes-not much good unless they are open.
Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.
Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.
It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't.