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How Much Do You Really Want To Succeed?
Posted In: Thoughts March 14, 2008
I heard this story told to me a while ago, and I thought I would share it with you all. It really made me think about how much I really wanted certain things and what my priorities are in life.
The story goes:
A man came to Socrates and asked him for wisdom. Socrates quickly dismissed him, telling him to come back when he really wanted wisdom. This experience repeated itself several times, with the man coming back and asking for wisdom, until Socrates took the man down to a body of water and stuck his head under the water.
After holding him under for about 10 seconds Socrates pulls the man back up and asks ‘What do you want?’ To which the man replied, ‘ I want wisdom great teacher.’ Socrates put the mans head under the water again, this time holding him under for 30 seconds. Pulling the man up he asks again, ‘What is it that you want?’ The man once again replies, ‘I want wisdom great teacher.’ Socrates holds him under the water again this time for much longer.
The man began struggling, and choking, and gasping for air. At the point that he was about to fall unconscious, Socrates pulled him out of the water and asks one final time, ‘What is it that you want?’ This time all the man can scream is, ‘I want air, I want air!’ Socrates leaves the man saying, “when you want wisdom as much as you wanted air, you will find it.”
Now would be a great time to stop and think about whether we are that desperate for the things we want? I hear so many bloggers saying how much the want to be successful through blogging, to be successful through internet marketing or affiliate marketing - but can’t seem to work out how.
It makes me question - How much do they really want it? How much do YOU want to succeed?
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Going full-time into internet marketing,
I split my time between my blogs,
affiliate marketing and my blog design
company.
To be really happy you either need to achieve your goals or lower your expectations.
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For most bloggers achieving success is about making money, not actually being a good blogger. And I would say the majority don’t truly want to be good successful bloggers they want a quick buck which is the reason why most fail. They are striving for the wrong goal. First you have to be a good blogger and when you succeed at that your money will come.
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You’re spot on here, Thomas. Desire alone won’t guarantee success, but if you don’t have that desire you can almost guarantee failure.
Good form!
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success ?… I don’t take too much of care I much digits can I reach. but the vital is how much can I thank for goodness to my God
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Great story, Thomas.
It really got me thinking.. it appears that I want to succeed but, never really going out of my skin.
Some changes are going to happen. Thanks to you.
Cheers,
Alex
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Great story we to have the desire to be the best.
If I hadn’t had to do a 1,500 word essay on Socrates yesterday, I would have said that is top notch information…
Seriously though, great story, keep up the good work
I know that when I started on the internet all I wanted was a quick buck. I have now realized that I will get more in the end if I don’t go straight for the quick buck but rather create quality posts that appeal to my readers. Great post.
Got to love Socrates.
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I know one thing for sure, if you’re going to succeed and actually make a living at blogging, you really have to want it!
It’s a lot of work. You need to be aggressively taking advantage of all the different ways to promote and gain traffic.
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The success in blogging itself will make you earn money.
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Great excerpt from Socrates life….
..and can be also applied to blogging.
I was once like that as I start blogging but as time passed… created numerous mistakes and flaws, I have learned that you can’t rush success… Blog like you are just breathing it and a part of your life…
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hello!!!
I think its true success is not all of achieving a monetary reward
Succes when I’ve married and become a father…
Huhuhuhu
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I love all types of philosophical stories… they always teach you valuable lessons and such. It really does show that many people may say that they want something badly, but they don’t really need it.
Good point. I think it is also a great lesson in perseverance. The man faulted when it got too hard for him.
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Vision is important to succeed. Keep focus.