""You need a ratio of at least 70% signal, which are the three things, and the 30% can be noise - whatever is going to stop you from getting the three things done," he continued. "So I pick three things I want to get done that day, and I don't let anything get in the way until those three things are done.""
""I don't do emails anymore because I get anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 a day," O'Leary said. "I've tried every system to take the crap out, but over the years, my email address has gotten out there, and so it's just a constant stream of noise and garbage. As we speak, I see the emails just pouring in. I'm never going to get to them, so I don't try.""
Kevin O'Leary follows a goal-setting technique from Steve Jobs that requires finishing three primary tasks each day. The approach prioritizes a 70% 'signal' focus on those three tasks and allows 30% for 'noise' distractions. One mandatory daily task is exercise; O'Leary typically wakes at 5 a.m. and bikes roughly 12 miles for over an hour. The method was adopted after The Learning Company worked with Apple in the mid-1990s. Email has become a major source of noise: O'Leary receives 2,000–4,000 messages daily, regards the inbox as a constant stream of garbage, and no longer attempts to process it.
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