5 Harsh Truths for Success from Linus Torvalds

If you don’t know who Linus Torvalds is, I will give you a short introduction: If you’re a software engineer, you should know what Linux is and I’m almost sure that you used Git at least one time. Basically, he is the mind behind these two big projects. If you want to learn more about him, you can search online, I don’t want to give more details in this article but to move on to the wisdom I learned by listening to his speeches.

Before I start, I want to tell you something: I cannot guarantee that you will like these ideas, but I can only tell the truth, the harsh, painful truth.

1. Nobody is Special

In motivational videos and books, there is a common message: You’re not ordinary, you can achieve whatever you want by working correctly and giving all of your energy and then you become someone special. They should be right because take a look at the history, there are lots of people we know their names among billions of them. We know them because they achieved something big and the common message is that we can achieve the same thing if we push the right buttons.