MTD Dealer Profile: KEN TOWERY
MTD Dealer Profile
Name: Kenneth Woodrow Towery
Age: 72
Family: my wife, Dr. Joanne Towery; son, Kris Towery, and daughter-in-law, Sarah; daughter, Lorea Ware, and son-in-law, Donald; grandchildren, Trey and Chandler; stepson, Michael Plichta and his wife, Nicole, and grandchildren, Colin, Madison and Katelyn.
My hobbies and interests include: golf, fishing and boating. My favorite childhood memory: My mother was a great cook and every Sunday was the family “fried chicken day.” She made the best-tasting fried chicken and gravy in the world. For dessert, my mother made a dish called “Apple Pan Douties” with a sweet cream sauce that would just melt in your mouth.
My biggest regret: I don’t really have any big regrets. I do not dwell on things that did not go as well as I would have liked. I try to look to the future, keep positive, enthused and with a good attitude regardless of what happened yesterday. I try to learn from the past and not lose my focus on the future so that I do not make the same error twice. My favorite book: The Bible is my favorite book and I try to live my daily life by it. Whatever troubles or adverse situation you might have in your life, you can find the answer to that problem in the Bible. Other books that I enjoy are related to helping me be a good leader and motivator so that I might help bring our team members to a higher level in business and their personal lives. Zig Zeigler’s writings and seminars (audios) are hard to beat. Great books to read are “Lead Like Jesus” by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges; “One Minute Manager” by Ken Blanchard; and “Let Freedom Ring” by Sean Hannity. Another is “Even Big Guys Cry” by Alex Karras. Alex was the brother of Lou Karras, who was a very successful tire dealer in Chicago. He served several years on the executive committee of the National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association.
A book I have just started reading is “The All-Star Sales Book” by Billy Cox and dedicated to Zig Zeigler. This book talks about setting goals and creating a “Dream Book.” I am not a novel reader. The time I have to read I spend on books that will help keep me focused, inspire me, and build my faith and character and help me set examples for my 200 team members.
My favorite sport: basketball. Being a Kentucky hillbilly and going to the University of Kentucky, I was fortunate my first year of college to room with the basketball players and hear all the behind-the-scenes stories of Coach Adolph Rupp and his style of motivation and coaching. Great memories!
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