A young man once asked Socrates how he could get wisdom.

“Come with me,” Socrates replied.

He took the lad to a river and shoved his head underwater. He held it there until the boy struggled for air. Then he let him go.

Once the boy regained his composure, Socrates asked him, “What did you desire most when your head was underwater?”

The boy said, “I wanted air.” Socrates nodded slowly. “

‘When you want wisdom as much as you wanted air when you were immersed in the water,” he said, “you will receive it.”

· You have an intense, sincere desire to overcome a certain block in your life;

· You come to a clear-cut decision that there is a way out;

· You confidently decide that that is the course you wish to follow;

Then victory and triumph are assured.