Steve Jobs Insane Productivity Secrets

Dan Silvestre
The Startup
Published in
26 min readSep 7, 2018

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I just finished reading “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson, the only authorized biography of one of the most creative minds of all time. I watched the movie based on the book and his other biopic — simply titled “Jobs” — last year.

Driven to learn more about his innovations, productivity, leadership, and marketing skills, I sat down to watch the documentary “Steve Jobs: One Last Thing” immediately after reading the book.

Combining all that knowledge gave me a broader perspective of Steve Jobs success throughout his stellar career at Apple, Pixar, NeXT, and the famous return to his first company.

In less than 40 years in business, he revolutionized 6(!) different industries — personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, computing, digital publishing.

Now, Jobs was obviously a smarter than average individual with enormous creativity, ambition, and drive. But I think that us–mere mortals–can incorporate some of his productivity secrets into our daily lives.

Here are the top 10 Steve Jobs success secrets and how you can apply them:

#1 Focus On What Matters: Prioritize Ruthlessly

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Dan Silvestre
The Startup

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