I had never worked for money, but for the challenge and the passion and the learning curve. . . . When the curve went flat, I went to find something else. . . . I asked myself, why do I do what I do? What do I really want to do and, the most compelling question of all, what am I going to become passionate about?
 
—DALE DAWSON, FORMER CEO OF TRUCKPRO, L.P. AND FORMER HEAD OF INVESTMENT BANKING FOR STEPHENS INC.
Chapter Ten
DALE DAWSON PURSUING A LIFE OF PASSION
From the day Dale Dawson graduated from the University of Texas with a master’s degree in taxation and finance in 1975, he rocketed along the fast track. At each juncture of his career, Dawson was spurred on by the need to be continuously engaged and intellectually challenged. With his ...

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