No place for the easy going or faint-at-heart

Fort Worth:  Remember when oil was $9 per barrel?  Bob Simpson and Steve Palko do.  They founded Cross Timbers Oil & Gas in Fort Worth at the same time others were getting out of the business. These two visionaries with a long range plan  teach us all what it means to take calculated risks.

Palko was the  VP of Engineering for Southland when there was a hostile take over of the company.  As a reminder to everyone in their newly-formed venture, one of the first things he did was to buy the "I'll be back" bronze.   And, surely, they did come back with a vengeance!

On December 14, 2009, ExxonMobil bought the company for $41 billion dollars.   Here is The American Dream  come true.  When you watch this episode, you'll feel the confidence that only comes from going through a lot of pain and learning deeper lessons about life.

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