The Secret to Success!

A young man asked Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher, the secret of Success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met.

Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river.

When the water got up to their necks, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The man struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him under water until he started turning blue.

The young man struggled hard and finally managed to get up. The first thing he did was to gasp and take a deep breath.

Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were under the water?”

The man replied “Air”.

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


一個年輕人問蘇格拉底什麼是成功的秘訣。蘇格拉底就約了這名年輕男子，隔天早上在河邊與他碰面。他們見面了。

蘇格拉底要這名年輕男子跟他一起往河裡走。

當水高到他們的脖子上時, 蘇格拉底突然將那個年輕人壓入水中。那人掙扎著要出去，但蘇格拉底還是強壓他在水中，直到他的臉色發青。

這位年輕人奮力了半天終於浮出水面。他做的第一件事就是深深吸了一口氣。

蘇格拉底問，「你在水下時最想要什麼?」

那人回答說「空氣」。

蘇格拉底說:「這就是關鍵的成功秘訣。當你更迫切地想獲得成功，就像剛剛你要空氣那樣，你就將得到它。此外，沒有其他的秘密。」

評論:重點不在有沒有，在你信不信。