I’m not sure who first said something along the lines of, ‘If it was easy, everyone would do it’. Or another great quote from JFK, ‘We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…’
You do hard things because they are rewarding, because growth is good, because easy is for the weak. And Wilson Lumber is not afraid of hard things. So, we’ve acquired a new location in Nashville. Our addition is just Southwest of Nashville in Fairview, TN.
Why have we done this? Because we are committed to healthy growth and reaching our long-term vision of bringing the Wilson Lumber Culture, Mission, and Strategy to communities all across the Southeast. Now, honestly that sounds a bit more like a world domination strategy than it actually is. We’re not looking to open a Wilson Lumber in every town in the south.
What we do want to do is grow as much as we can, while still maintaining the great company culture that we have. If we get larger than that, we lose who we are. And as people are more important than anything else, we cannot lose that.
So a big welcome to our new Nashville location employees, and welcome to the builders that will be buying from that location. Our hope is that you’ll find our focus on a healthy culture and Building Faster to be something you’ll want to partner with.