What Pavel Durov thinks about discipline

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2 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Pavel Durov has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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30 Sept 2025

Our readingThe one muscle worth training is self-discipline; once that is trained, everything else follows by itself.

Their wordsI think the main muscle you can exercise is this muscle, the muscle of self-discipline. Not your biceps or your pecs or anything else. Because if you get to train that one, everything else just comes by itself.

↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 6th of 28 in this recording
30 Sept 2025

Our readingOverabundance paralyses motivation and willpower, which is why his wealth will be split among more than a hundred heirs and only reach them as adults.

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Their wordsYeah, I think overabundance paralyzes motivation and willpower. It's extremely harmful, particularly for young boys, to grow up in an environment where they can be proud, not of their own achievements, but of their father's achievements or their father's wealth.

↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 24th of 28 in this recording