THE SECRET TO SUCCESS: STORY
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Narrated BY ERIC THOMAS… Retold Ipsissima
Voce!
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[b] There was this young man who wanted to be
successful, so he went to a sage to seek for
counsel. He told him he wanted to be on the same
level he is. So the sage said, if you want to be on
the same level I am, I’ll meet tomorrow at the
beach by 4am. The young man thought to himself,
‘hey, but I said I wanted to be successful and not
learn how to swim.’
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However, the next day, the young man got to the
beach at the appointed time, already prepared with
his swimsuits on et al. The old man grabs his
hand and asked, ‘how bad do you want to be
successful?’ He replied that, ‘real bad.’
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So the sage told to him walk into water. He did as
he was told until the water got to his waist. At this
point, he was thinking to himself, ’this old man
must be crazy. I told you I want to be successful
and not learn to be a lifeguard.’
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Nonetheless, the sage instructed him to go in a
little further. He went deeper into the water, until it
got to his shoulder. The sage insisted that he go
further. He obliged until it got to his mouth. He
became scared and attempted to run back,
thinking ‘this man must be really out of his mind.’
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The sage said, ‘I thought you said you wanted to
be successful.’ He replied, ‘I do.’ Then he told him
to walk a little further, and then suddenly, taking
the young man by surprise, he shoved his head
into the water and held him there.
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The young man struggled to get out but the sage
was strong and held him down. Just before he
was about to pass out, he raised him up. The
young man immediately gasped and took short
sharp breaths.
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Then the sage said, ‘I have a question for you…’
He said, ‘when you were under water, what did
want to do, what did you want most?’ The young
man replied, ‘I wanted to breathe.’ To which the
sage replied, ‘that is the secret of success. When
you want success as badly as you want to breathe,
then you will be successful. There is no other
secret.’
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LESSON: Many of us claim we want to be
successful but we do not want it bad, we just kind
of want it. We do not want it as desperately as we
want to party, we do not want it as desperately as
we want to watch soccer games or as desperately
as we want to chat with our friends on BBM or
Whatsapp. And until we want with a burning
desire, and we sacrifice everything (our time,
money, family, leisure, friends, habits etc.) in order
to get, we may never get it. We have to want
success so badly that we refuse to sleep. We have
to desire greatness so badly that we forget to eat. [/b]
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the
things left by those who hustle
~Abraham Lincoln.
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PER ARDUA, AD ALTA!

Source: http://adekunleadebajo./2013/11/30/the-secret-to-success-story/

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