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Kevin O’Leary says Steve Jobs taught him to focus on 3 things a day—and small talk or a family phone call is just noise getting in the way

Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary credits Steve Jobs with teaching him a simple productivity rule: accomplish three important things each day and treat everything else as noise. He says the 80:20 signal-to-noise ratio made Jobs difficult to work with but highly successful.

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Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary credits Steve Jobs with teaching him a simple productivity rule: accomplish three important things each day and treat everything else as noise. He says the 80:20 signal-to-noise ratio made Jobs difficult to work with but highly successful.

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