Secret to Success

One day a young man met Socrates and asked him the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. The young man met him the next morning. Socrates asked the young man to walk him towards the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue.

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Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air.

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Socrates asked: “What did you want the most when you were there?”

The Boy replied: “Air”

Socrates said: “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted air, then you will get it. There is no other secret.”

You know it but do not yearn for it.

 There are always Two rules for success.

1. NEVER tell everything you know.

                     – Roger H. Lincoln

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