BURNING DESIRE -SECRET OF SUCCESS

shailesh agarwal (professional accountant)   (7642 Points)

07 February 2009  

 

BURNING DESIRE -SECRET OF SUCCESS

 

T

he 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.