The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to
achieve a purpose.
Napoleon Hill wrote, "Whatever the mind of man can
conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."
A young man asked Socrates the secret to 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 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. 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. 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 the air, then you will
get it." There is no other secret.
A burning desire is the starting point of all
accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire
cannot produce great results.
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