I wish every Notion user would watch this

[@JeffSu]

🎉 Unlock AI for $10 per month → ntn.so/JeffSu TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Notion made easy 00:10 Use Notes Threads 01:48 Add an Outstanding section 02:36 Naming Convention for Notes 03:27 Grounding outputs with Notion AI 05:31 Always create Inbox Views 07:26 Backend vs. Frontend 09:41 The True Power of Buttons 11:29 Best Practices for Synced Blocks

[@marcoyoungcreates]

Thank you for this. This video is like a solution I wish I had but, never knew I needed. Perfect video.

[@JeffSu]

@@marcoyoungcreates Yay

[@MeteDemir-m9s]

All productivity gurus like you or Ali Abdal use Notion but for me it is too complicated. Taking notes or agenda should be easy and time saving but notion is not i guess. Or Am I the only one who thinks that?

[@Terex39]

yes please give us more Notion. I am struggling with what to do with finished tasks as they tend to pile up, no good way to archive them

[@JeffSu]

gotcha 😁

[@lovenspired]

Great video, Jeff! I’d consider myself an “advanced” beginner in Notion-I finally crossed the hurdle this year from "Notion is too confusing" to "Notion is amazing!" If you’re taking requests, I’d love to see a video exploring use cases for integrating ChatGPT with Notion. That would be incredibly helpful!

[@JeffSu]

Gotcha, thanks for letting me know 😁

[@DavidNoel-p4s]

Honestly, this should be your next course that you offer. This is amazing, and you're taking, what seems to be a very complex system to start using, and making it accessible to different crowd of users.

[@JeffSu]

Thanks David 😁

[@honeybee6978]

The 'Outstanding tasks' part looks valuable. I'm gonna add it in my Notion task manager.

[@JeffSu]

Yay 😁

[@ghazzmedia]

Thanks Jeff, some of these tips really align with my current workflow. I'll definitely implement one or two.

[@JeffSu]

Noice 😁

[@henrikkiilerich]

Again a great video 💪🏻 A suggestion for a new Notion template could be a Travel planner with a "Places I'd like to visit" + Planning + Visited - maybe designed like a mood board with a few "checklist" - Places to visit/photograph + Places to eat and a simple itinerary

[@JeffSu]

I have that already! Will add that 😂

[@welshbake-if7zj]

Thank you! More! Yes to prompt logging in Notion and auto-uploading them into raycast snippets (saw you do it in your gemini masterclass on zoom)

[@JeffSu]

Gotcha 😁

[@mirogu94]

Hello Jeff! I love your content; I've missed a video on Notion and hope more will be coming soon. I’ve had a question for a while about note-taking: when do you use Google Docs (I use your templates for taking notes) and when do you use Notion for note-taking at work? Thanks!

[@JeffSu]

Docs = Work Notion = everything else

[@trevorbidle4932]

You are awesome for sharing this. I have been trying to figure out how to best use Notion.

[@JeffSu]

Let me know if you have any questions Trevor 😁

[@brianWreaves]

I too use dates in my labels and file names. My formate is always 6 digits. i.e. Todays would be "241113 - Meeting Follow Up with ABC Client" You still have the ability to search, as you demonstrated, while also going further to specific month and day. i.e. You know what you are looking for was after Halloween but not the exact day. Thanks for sharing!

[@JeffSu]

That's a great point Brian! 😁

[@nikospapachristos1783]

Hi Jeff and thanks for your video 🙏. The one thing it's not so clear, is on how you manage the tasks added to your database. You use Todoist for quick capture. How do you handle them? How do you get reminders? How do you separate work from personal ones. Thanks in advance.

[@JeffSu]

I use todoist to capture the tasks/ideas then I organize them to Notion

[@MrTaserface]

Notion seems like a very useful tool to know how to use for school or work. But it seems so hard to get started with it. I would really appreciate a "get started with notion" video.

[@JeffSu]

I have one already 😁

[@MatthewEaton]

Ah, always good to see what you do with Notion. It is too bad that I am not important enough to use it (and our company blocks access to things like this). I am back to the ol' pen and paper, though the company still is upset that I am not working and merely writing. I can't win with some people, you know?

[@LARKXHIN]

With a company like that surprised you aren't using a hammer and chisel.

[@JeffSu]

😂

[@MatthewEaton]

@@LARKXHIN Trust me, there are times I wonder that myself.

[@megankenway8757]

I would love a video about your prompts database! And honestly one about synced blocks and how to use/maximize their potential…

[@JeffSu]

Gotcha

[@Systeam-e3x]

Thanks Jeff, please do the Prompts DB video 😊

[@JeffSu]

Will do 😁

[@JamesStrickland]

Hey Jeff,! Another amazing video from you. I have a question. How do you find balancre between notion and your google workspace workflow? I have tried to use both but I always seemed to get overwhelmed with one or the other. Can you speak to balancing both?

[@JeffSu]

Google Workspace = Work related stuff only Notion = Everything else!

[@JimShingler]

Great Notion Tips,... I have been using notion for a while and picked up some new ideas,.. really like the Notes Thread idea, YES Please on Prompts Database

[@JeffSu]

Gotcha, will do Jim 😁

[@priyanshu72340]

Hats off to your simplification ideas

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@runtcpip-morganlucas]

Just wanted to say that the tips you give in your emails helped me, especially the gmail daily agenda

[@JeffSu]

Woohoo thank you 😁

[@LARKXHIN]

Oh boy I cant wait to see you try notion inbox when its public

[@JeffSu]

Notion email? I'm excited to check it out!

[@twsis919]

Hey Jeff! Awesome video, really love the content and quality! May I ask which software app did you use for the animation? Also where did you get the background video from? Really loving them :")

[@JeffSu]

You can find everything I use here: www.jeffsu.org/gear/

[@modestbukowski]

Hi Jeff, Would love to see a Notion Second Brain built with your methodology. I swear by your gmail set up with the action, follow up, reference labels since a couple of years now. Btw, you said you had a Notion playlist but couldn't find a specific Notion playlist? Cheers

[@JeffSu]

1. Just updated the Notion playlist link, thanks for the catch! 2. I might do a full course on my second brain since it'll probably be like 5-6 hours worth of footage 😂

[@kpicsoffice4246]

Amazing content as usual Jeff. Had a quick editing related question. I am putting together tutorial for my students. Really loved the blur/highlight effect you used here at 00:38 I have a similar use case. What tool/plugin you used to do that?

[@JeffSu]

You can find everything I use here: www.jeffsu.org/gear/

[@diptoroy4881]

another masterpiece 👏

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@dalbide]

This is so cool, looking forward to more videos like this!! I'm following a Java course, and i have been taking so many notes every single day and putting them in to Header 1 toggle lists with: day of the lesson and arguments, but i'm looking for a more helpful way to organize those lessons and to summarize and write better but still keeping in mind the previous ones. How could i do this better? I'm thinking about getting unlimited notion AI, is so helpful!

[@JeffSu]

A combination of a area + resources database (for learnings from courses and books). Slightly more advanced setup though

[@Deep_Knowledge24]

thank you so much 😍😍

[@JeffSu]

my pleasure 😁

[@Unkknown_45]

Brother notion are secure or not for personal notes/data ? E2E encryption/ zero knowledge encryption ?

[@JeffSu]

I'm no security expert :(, but it's safe enough for me!

[@wendyjiller2548]

Love your content, thanks a lot

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@Tammyspam]

LOVE THIS!!

[@JeffSu]

Wooooohoooo 😁

[@samuelrosa1628]

This is great but if your org doesn’t like using Notion could something similar be achieved in day One note or loop?

[@JeffSu]

Not yet :(

[@Himnish_Singh09]

Can u pls make a video for students to help them manage everything using notion..something like a student os

[@anasplans5861]

One thing I’m struggling with is how to have everything in one place (i.e. notion). I cannot use notion at work but I don’t like OneNote which his what I’m allowed to use at work. How do you reconcile that? How do you have your meetings in Notion. If I remember correctly you’re also restricted to what applications you can use at work. Give me some ideas on how I can have my meetings notes and other work notes in my notion. I feel like I’m all over the place!

[@JeffSu]

Short answer is: Unfortunately we can't. I use google workspace for work-related stuff and Notion for everything else.

[@jackrobertsbiz]

do you use notion and google docs? why not just one?

[@JeffSu]

Completely different use cases 😅

[@goldenant9450]

7:38 Bc of this, I'm starting to think it might be smarter to move completed tasks to a dedicated db. There are various scenarios, such as filtering, when Notion is still forced to process all 330 tasks. This way, your working tasks db will remain light & snappy. You'd think Notion would have a solution for this - it's probably why Notion's native desktop app is such memory hog..to the point where it's more efficient to use Chrome (and that's saying something)

[@JeffSu]

"more efficient to use chrome" LOL

[@contrakv]

Hey Jeff did you still use Todoist? Or did you incorporate your tasks in Notion?

[@JeffSu]

I still use Todoist to capture notes!

[@harutyun.alaverdyan]

can you do a One Note tutorial? :)

[@JeffSu]

If I ever end up using it

[@ogdanem]

when I see your system, I'm always impressed, but when I try to build my own system is always rubbish 🙂

[@JeffSu]

use my templates! 😂

[@JC_Mtl]

Hi Jeff! I would like to create the same “backend” databases but I have projects that I have to share with someone else. What would you do in this situation? (I think we can’t share just a view of a database)

[@JeffSu]

I ran into the exact same issue, you would have to (unfortunately) create 2 separate databases.

[@JC_Mtl]

@ ok perfect, thank you for the fast answer!

[@ottertubetv9356]

Is Jeff completely off with OneNote? I followed his tutorials but don’t see much too OneNote related content.

[@JeffSu]

I've never used OneNote... 😅

[@kktammy]

Hey Jeff! Would you consider giving email subscribers access to all templates in one go? I signed up for the notes thread template but was confused before I realized I wouldn't get access to it until day 2 of the email journey.

[@JeffSu]

Long story short I received a lot of feedback before that all templates in one go is a bit overwhelming 😂

[@MaverickRam]

Has the search function improved in Notion? I last used it 2 years back. Then it was unable to search words in collapsed toggles

[@JeffSu]

General search is good for page titles

[@Gramantik]

Yes please.

[@JeffSu]

😁

[@AZ-cg2ez]

Dear Jeff I’m not a notion user. Should I still watch it? Sincerely, Excel Fan.

[@JeffSu]

Nahhhhh don't waste your time :)

[@AZ-cg2ez]

@ Dear Jeff Thank you for your honest opinion Sincerely, Impressed Subscriber

[@JeffSu]

@@AZ-cg2ez 😂

[@Mehmet15151]

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[@JeffSu]

wait what

[@WondershareEdrawsoft]

Hi ! Love your content ! Interested in collab? :)

[@JTDIYM]

I swear to god I watched like 40 of your videos in the last few years and not a single one was useful I can‘t even tell exactly why but this stuff just feels like a lot of talking without actual content

[@AdamC-jn8gg]

That’s kind of rude. If you don’t like his content, don’t watch it. It’s that simple. Not all content is for everyone. There’s a lot of other notion tutorial to figure it out with different teaching styles and what not. I’ve been trying to figure out notion for a while and it all just kind of goes over my head.😂

[@JeffSu]

Thanks for the feedback :)

[@JeffSu]

Thanks so much for the kind words Adam!!!

[@AdamC-jn8gg]

@@JeffSu You're welcome. I just don't think what @JTDIYM is helpful. It's rude criticism not constructive criticism. You can't do anything with his criticism be b/c its essentially just, "I have found no value in anything you've made." I mean--what are you meant to do with that? Now, if he had said a reason why he didn't find any value in the video like "you did this too much..." or "you didn't do enough of this," then that would have been more helpful. IMO

[@AdamC-jn8gg]

But you're always going to find people who feel secure behind a pfp and think that they're okay to say or do anything they want. Wish you the best!