2004

Hartley Peavey urges students 'Don't quit' By Trisha ander -

hand. When he decided to begin his own business of making sound equipment back in 1964, no one believed he could do it. "I suffered from the "Bumblebee effect," " Peavey said. "The bumble– bee's wings are too small to support its body - it can't fly - but the bee does– n't know that. Everyone told me it was impossible, but I was just stupid enough to believe it was possible." Peavey said most days he worked from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m., and he worked 7 days a week. Now, Peavey's company distributes sound equipment all over the world, .and is facing me reality of a world mar– :

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TRISHANISWANDERfTHE NEWTON RECORD Hartley Peavey, owner and founder of Peavey Electronics addresses ECCC students at a recent assembly. taken over most of the electronics business.

don't quit," He said. Peavey a}.so touched on success, and how he believed is wasn't just money that defined a man's level of success. "Mv defmition of suc– cess ·is if you feel good about yourself. and if you feel that the world is a bet– ter place for you ha\"ing been here then you are a suc ... :es.s. He saicl . - ~- e. beliew you can·L. becau..;;e maybe you can.-

"There was a time when my company competed with other companies," Peavey said. "Now we compete with the world. We can't beat them, so we have to be smarter: That's the challenge- and it's one heck of a challenge." However. Peavey was up for the challenge. and said "stickability'" was onere~· son he was a success. "Don·t ration.llze md

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