Every once in a while I have to remind myself what a lucky guy I am: I have a wonderful wife, Anne; great family and friends; a comfortable life and my health.
I can remember a senior carpet industry executive in the late 1970s expressing concern that there were not sufficient numbers of installers in the country to install carpet.
“Now let’s see. We’ve been together about 30 minutes. I can tell you know nothing about me, my home, my lifestyle or what I like. What was it you were trying to sell me again?”
Less than a decade ago, Jerel Verner hired Matt Carter, a sales executive with Empire Today, to help run his flooring business, Premier Flooring and Design in Tucker, Ga.