Pavel Valeryevich Durov
(born October 10, 1984, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian entrepreneur, programmer, ruble billionaire, one of the creators of the social network "VKontakte" and the company of the same name; The creator of the cross-platform messenger "Telegram". Former CEO of VKontakte (2006-2014) [2]. In his student years he was a laureate of scholarships of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, a three-time winner of the Potanin Scholarship.
In 2001 he graduated with honors from the Academic Gymnasium, in 2006 - the Faculty of Philology of the St. Petersburg State University, majoring in English Philology and Translation, with a red diploma (which he still did not take [3]). A year before he had finished his professional training at the faculty of military training of St. Petersburg State University on specialization "Propaganda and psychological warfare", after which he received the rank of reserve lieutenant. Immediately after graduation, he created VKontakte, the largest social network in Russia at the moment. For 2011, Durov, who has a fortune of 7.9 billion rubles, took 350th place in the ranking of Russian billionaires.
Paul is a vegetarian and adheres to libertarian political views. Durov is called the Russian Mark Zuckerberg, and is also often criticized for his eccentric antics and statements. November 19, 2012 published a book by Nikolai Kononov "The Code of Durov", describing the formation of "VKontakte" and its creator; On its adaptation has already acquired the rights of the company AR Films.
In 2014, he left Russia and said that he was not going to return.
17 tips for self-development from Pavel Durov
- 1. Do what you like. Learn. Uchi. Develop. Change yourself from within. The golden rule is - do what is truly enjoyable, and then you will become much happier.
- 2. Refuse the garbage you eat, drink and smoke every day.
- 3. Learn foreign languages. Russian-speaking Internet users 60 million. Anglophone - one billion. Knowledge of English is no longer just a whim of the intellectuals, but a vital necessity.
- 4. Read the book. The golden rule is read / listen at least one book a week. It's 50 books a year that will turn your life around.
- 5. Spend on every weekend.
- 6. Set goals, fix them on paper, in Word or blog. The main thing is that they are clear, understandable and measurable. If you set a goal, you can achieve it, or not. If you do not put, then there are no options at all.
- 7. Learn to type blindly on the keyboard. Time is one of the few treasures that you have, and you should be able to print almost as fast as you think. And you should not think about where the right letter is, but about what you write.
- 8. Saddle time. Learn to manage your affairs so that they work almost without your participation. First, read Allen (Getting Things Done) or Gleb Arkhangelsky. Take decisions quickly, act immediately, do not postpone for later. All business either do, or delegate to someone.
- 9. Give up computer games, aimlessly sitting in social networks and blunt surfing on the Internet. Minimize communication in social networks, leave one account. Destroy the TV antenna in the apartment.
- 10. Stop reading the news. Anyway, key events will be talked about all around.
- 11. Learn to get up early. The paradox is that you always do more in the early hours than in the evening. A person needs 7 hours of sleep, provided they have a good physical activity and a normal diet.
- 12. Try to surround yourself with honest, honest, open, intelligent and successful people.
- 13. Go in for sports. Yoga, rock climbing, bicycle, horizontal bar, bars, football, running, plyometrics, swimming, functional training are the best friends of a person who wants to return a tonus to the body and get a splash of endorphins. And forget about what an elevator is.
- 14. Do unusual things. Go where you've never been, go to work the other way, figure it out in a problem that you do not know anything about. Come out of the "comfort zone", expand knowledge and horizons. Change the furniture at home, change appearance, hair style, image.
- 15. Get rid of junk.
- 16. Forget about what happened in the past. Take with you from there only experience, knowledge, good relations and positive impressions.
- 17. Do not be afraid. There are no insurmountable obstacles, and all doubts live only in your head. It is not necessary to be a warrior, just see the goal, avoid obstacles and know that you will achieve it without a chance to fail.
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