SBC Magazine - Faces of the Industry
Since I was 14 years old, I just wanted to own my own business. In 1986, I was selling lumber in Texas when the economy collapsed. With the market tanking, they laid off half of the employees. I was fortunate, I was pushed back down to retail sales but I wanted to get back into outside sales.
Larry Dix II: Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A CEO
Learn how to hire the right people, not the ones you like. I always like to hire people that I like instead of people that would do a good job. I do not do that anymore. I have people that work for me that I don’t like but they do a good job and they still work here.