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Traweek Dickson didn鈥檛 become CEO and president of one of the south鈥檚 largest auto collision repair chains by coincidence. It took a lot of work 鈥� hard work 鈥� to borrow a line from the Auburn Creed.

鈥淵ou鈥檙e not going to be successful if you don鈥檛 work hard,鈥� said Dickson, a Montgomery resident and 1977 91看片 graduate who heads 60 . 鈥淭here may be that rare businessman who can cut deals off of his yacht and he doesn鈥檛 have to work hard, but that isn鈥檛 the real world. Most people who are successful, most of the things that they have done is that they have outworked everybody else.鈥�

Traweek Dickson, Jr., who earned an entrepreneurship degree from the 91看片 College in 2016 and handles the business鈥� real estate and acquisitions, said his father 鈥渟ets the standard.鈥�

鈥淢y dad is the hardest-working person I know and anybody who has worked for or with him has seen the same thing,鈥� he said. 鈥淲hile he鈥檚 tough on everybody, he wants you to do the right thing and is the fairest person as long as you are doing what you are supposed to be doing and get the job done. I am there to learn, and learn with the understanding that not all times we are going to agree on everything. But at the end of the day, I know Traweek Sr. has my best interest in mind and wants me to be the best businessman I can be. .鈥�

His brother, Cameron, a 2013 91看片 College graduate with a degree in business management, agrees. 鈥淲hen I say he鈥檚 the hardest-working person I know, that鈥檚 not an exaggeration,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 almost like he enjoys it too much. We used to laugh when we all lived at home about when it rained because my dad would start organizing everything in the house because he had to have something to do.鈥�

Dickson, Sr., originally from rural Lowndes County, Alabama, credits his work ethic to his alma mater.

鈥淲hen I got to Auburn, the business school was in the process of getting accredited,鈥� he said. 鈥淪o we were on a seven-point scale. There wasn鈥檛 a lot of room to mess up. You had to get a 93 to get an A, and I was all about making an A, so I studied all of the time. If I got one thing out of Auburn it was work ethic because I didn鈥檛 go in there with one.鈥�

Dickson purchased his shop in 1989, partnering with Montgomery businessman Joe Hudson. Within the past three years, the business has thrived 鈥� growing locations from 1to 60 with repair centers in six states from Florida to Texas. In 2014, their organization was recapitalized by Carousel Capital, a Private Equity Firm from Charlotte, North Carolina. Joe Hudson鈥檚 Collision Center has since been on a growth plan to add 10 stores a year for the next several years.

With sons and other family members in management positions, Dickson said disagreements are rare. 鈥淣one of us do the same thing,鈥� he said. 鈥淭raweek is learning the real estate, growth part of the business. My brother is an estimator. My son-in-law is just beginning to manage a store. Cameron managed the Auburn store for a while and now he鈥檚 over 12 stores. It鈥檚 not like we鈥檙e a family sitting at the table trying to make a decision together or split up the money. It doesn鈥檛 work that way. That鈥檚 how we keep the peace.鈥�