《The secret to success》
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！”
《成功的秘密》
一個年輕人向蘇格拉底詢問成功的秘訣,蘇格拉底讓年輕人第二天早晨到河邊見他。
他們見面後，蘇格拉底叫年輕人和他一起走向河裡，當河水淹至他們的脖子時，蘇格拉底出其不意地抓住年輕人並把其壓入水中，那人想要掙出水面，而強壯有力的蘇格拉底將他摁在水中直到他變得無力抗爭，臉色發青。
蘇格拉底將他的頭拖出水面，這個年輕人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息後，深吸一口氣。
蘇格拉底問： “當你悶在水裡的時候你最想要的是什麼？”年輕人回答說：“空氣。”蘇格拉底說：“那就是成功的秘訣。當你像渴望空氣一樣渴望成功，你就能夠獲得它！ ”
