A young man asked Socrates the secret of Success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. 

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 pushed him  under the water. The man struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him under the water.

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 only secret to success. When you want success as badly as you want air, you will get it. There is no other secret”.