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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 212287" data-attributes="member: 102">That was one of the things that was great about season 8 - we finally got a definitive answer to what happened as to why Jock ended up with all of Ewing Oiland Digger didn&#039;t.&nbsp; They did a good job of keeping it somewhat mysterious up until then and then finally we got the payoff in season 8 when we learn what really happened. That was brilliant how they kept us strung along for that much time before wrapping it up!Real power is something you take - that&#039;s my favorite Jock Ewing scene in Dallas and probably the part of Dallas I find most profound because there&#039;s a life lesson to be learned from it that&#039;s of immense value. I&#039;d put it right up there with some of the things I learned when I was earning my degree in Business. If I didn&#039;t already have that background I don&#039;t know that I&#039;d have understood it so clearly though, so I&#039;ll go into more detail than what the scene gave you for anyone who might find it to be of value in their lives:If power is given, it&#039;s a privilege, something that can be taken away just as easily as it as given - therefore &quot;If I gave you power then you&#039;ve got nothing&quot;! A man can only take pride and know that what he has is real when it&#039;s earned. Not given...earned. Jock was allowing Bobby to run Ewing Oil. Bobby only had power to run it as long as Jock allowed Bobby to run it. When Bobby displayed the poor judgement of confronting and berating his father in front of his father&#039;s friends, Jock decided Bobby needed to be reminded of the difference between having power over a company because you&#039;ve created it, and having power over it because the man who owns and created the company is allowing you to to run it.When Jock says &quot;Real power is something you take&quot; the word &quot;take&quot; is meant in the most positive sense of the word. It&#039;s meant in the sense of: Take initiative. Take control of your life. If you want real power over a company then go and do those things yourself. Don&#039;t ask for a handout. If you want real power, then you take initiative, take control of your life by creating your own company so that your power in running that company any way you see fit is your right - not a privilege. Or you can work for me. It&#039;s up to you. If you do choose to work for me just don&#039;t confuse filling in for your brother because he&#039;s been shot as being on par with being promoted to that position through merit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 212287, member: 102"] That was one of the things that was great about season 8 - we finally got a definitive answer to what happened as to why Jock ended up with all of Ewing Oiland Digger didn't. They did a good job of keeping it somewhat mysterious up until then and then finally we got the payoff in season 8 when we learn what really happened. That was brilliant how they kept us strung along for that much time before wrapping it up! Real power is something you take - that's my favorite Jock Ewing scene in Dallas and probably the part of Dallas I find most profound because there's a life lesson to be learned from it that's of immense value. I'd put it right up there with some of the things I learned when I was earning my degree in Business. If I didn't already have that background I don't know that I'd have understood it so clearly though, so I'll go into more detail than what the scene gave you for anyone who might find it to be of value in their lives: If power is given, it's a privilege, something that can be taken away just as easily as it as given - therefore "If I gave you power then you've got nothing"! A man can only take pride and know that what he has is real when it's earned. Not given...[B]earned. [/B]Jock was [B]allowing[/B] Bobby to run Ewing Oil. Bobby only had power to run it as long as Jock allowed Bobby to run it. When Bobby displayed the poor judgement of confronting and berating his father in front of his father's friends, Jock decided Bobby needed to be reminded of the difference between having power over a company because you've created it, and having power over it because the man who owns and created the company is [B]allowing you to to run it.[/B] When Jock says "Real power is something you take" the word "take" is meant in the most positive sense of the word. It's meant in the sense of: [B]Take initiative. Take control of your life.[/B] If you want real power over a company then go and do those things yourself. Don't ask for a handout. If you want real power, then you [B]take[/B] initiative, [B]take [/B]control of your life by creating your own company so that your power in running that company any way you see fit is your right - not a privilege. Or you can work for me. It's up to you. If you do choose to work for me just don't confuse filling in for your brother because he's been shot as being on par with being promoted to that position through merit. [/QUOTE]

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