Using Notion AI to Save 12+ Hours of Work

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I've used Notion for years - to organize my business, life, and creative outputs - but it's only recently that I started using it as an active part of my distillation processes. Notion AI helps save me hours whenever I need to refine or transform my notetaking work into actionable resources.
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[@TiagoForte]

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[@krishcshah]

Isn't it free?

[@im_ibb]

@@krishcshah it is, but if you want AI you can pay a monthly fee

[@angelonyc6360]

I think "free" in Portuguese means "$10 per month". Gee, this really is a good tool. It enables you to make $10 per month on any item you offer for "Free!". Interesting concept!

[@oyh4680]

Doesn't this guy look like a skinner version of Elon Musk?

[@mangham2011]

Relative?

[@imutuber911]

Totally 💯

[@beto.aveiga]

Yes.

[@beto.aveiga]

Younger too.

[@LifeAccordingtoMaria]

What?? It’s not Elon?!!! 😉

[@dannyquiroz5777]

Less than 2 minutes in and this guy provided so much value just by demonstrating his use case, a use case so many of us copious note takers have engaged in for years.

[@I_am_Gera]

WOW!!! This is really helping me to make decisions regarding how to create my 2nd Brain. (Work in progress: Reading the book and making gradual changes during 30 days to ensure that I am following my intuition)

[@icon7349]

I'm reading your book and I'm astonished by the way you simplify the process of accumulating knowledge 💡 Love the book so far

[@keepproductive]

Notion AI x ForteLabs - love it! 🎉

[@lucianacasais]

I am very happy that you are going to release "The Second Brain" in Portuguese. I already have it in English, but I prefer it in my native language

[@zubairahmad4486]

Thank you, sir! Your methodologies solved my really big problems. I had confusions for years about digital notes. Keep it up!

[@j.d.5709]

Ive started using notion to take notes on books I'm reading. This is going to become extremely useful. Thanks!

[@AVigortsson]

I haven't tried using AI before, but after watching this video I had to give it a try. I asked it to give me an outline on a topic that's just an "idea card" for a blog post in Notion, looks promising so far 😅

[@wildharvestschool]

Thank you! Love your book and videos , the calm clear presentation of them. First discovered you on Ali’s book review channel . Enjoy your beautiful little family and thank you for all your sharing :)

[@francoisdubois80]

@Tiago Forte ... this is the biggest challenge with AI ... how do you know the summary is correct ? You don't ... not unless you understand the source material. In your case with this example it was useful because you had knowledge and you needed help to create a summary. How many individuals will fall into the trap of depending on AI as a substitute for knowledge they don't possess.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

My main question here: how do you (if you do) quality check the work?

[@jamhot6]

Read it back?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@jamhot6 Read back the AI summary of something you have forgotten about? How do you know if the summary includes/excludes key points from your perspective?

[@joshcarpenter291]

ask the ai to quality check it

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@joshcarpenter291 Doesnt that defeat the point of the summary?

[@WheyAIman]

Tiago showed you exactly how he quality checked it in the video. He showed you them side by side. Also, if you are the author then quality checking the AI will be easier.

[@Malemediamind]

Building A Second Brain was a game changer for me in my content creation I'm going to have to look more into Notion AI

[@knightclan4]

I knew procrastinating as long as I have been would finally pay off. I'll let AI do the tedious work I never found time for.

[@shuhuimok3814]

Thanks for sharing this ! What i need is videos like this that shows how to use AI to speed up our work.

[@ALROD]

Now I wanna watch a video of yours in Portuguese. Greetings from Brazil!

[@alexandervalladares2501]

This is an amzing video ... Thank you ... Notion has changed my life.

[@alexandremoraes-dopaminand756]

Awesome tips my friend! I'm Brazilian. I'm so happy to know you're releasing your book here in Brazil. We're lacking this kind of content here. Some days ago I recommended your content to my boss, but no one here knows how to speak English, and there's nothing in Portuguese about that. I have translation skills and I'd love to work with you in this project. If you want to talk more about that please let me know.

[@alexandremoraes-dopaminand756]

Do you know what "Forte" means in Portuguese?

[@HanlonsRazr]

Holy hell this is sooooo good!!!! Thanks for sharing this! 💯

[@saidboujeeane]

Bro your video quality has blown UP.

[@renanfuzita7962]

Eu estava mesmo procurando saber mais sobre a AI do Notion. Muito bom. Seria muito legal ver mais conteudo sobre a AI do Notion.

[@samreadssome2403]

🤯 incredible thank you for this!!!

[@noemiguimaraeszen5231]

Ansiosa pelo livro em Português!

[@learngrowandtravel2020]

Thanks alot for the information it is really helpful

[@idesel]

Damn! This AI is just unbelievable now. Just imagine where will all this be in the next 3 to 5 years, or even just next year.

[@Gugandraade]

Não vejo a hora de comprar seu livro. Adoro seu canal.

[@IgorNunes]

Your name always led me to think you had Brazillian roots! Please, come to Belo Horizonte for launch of the book!

[@ling6701]

amazing, thank you

[@andre_costa]

Boa! No aguardo do livro no Brasil

[@renatasabo9810]

Simplesmente fantástico!!!!!! Notion já era nota 10, agora ficou nota 1000!!! Vc Tiago é também nota 10; agora com seu livro em portugues, ficará nota 1000!!! Adorei esse video. Sou sua seguidora há bastante tempo. Obrigada por tudo que me ensina. Today I wrote, on purpose in Portuguese. Sorry about that

Concordo com tudo! :)

[@tiagofagundesfonseca9679]

I was really thinking about his name Tiago ( same than me), and lastname sounds Brazilian (like me). Apparently it is exactly the type of content than long time I've looking for.

[@PhilKnall]

Here for the dada productivity content. We have twin 2 year olds and my mind is more scattered than ever.

[@amaelftah]

thanks a lot for the video . i have a question can you make a video about how to apply PARA using notion and how you are personally using it ?

[@humbertofilms3758]

Hello from Brazil my friend! True value Content!

[@josimarcastro6805]

Sem medo de compartilhar a maneira mais fácil de fazer um trabalho de décadas, obrigado Tiago!

[@moi-meme442]

E pensar que viemos (sobrevivemos) a época da Barsa 😁

[@daniyurie]

Todos os brasileiros saindo do mato pra comentar agora kkk

[@hoquynh9383]

thanks. The video is helpful

[@holgermatthies8539]

Fellow BSB'er here (cohort 15!), same impression as others: An AI summary of someone else's text is nice and all ... But not the same thing as progressive summarization, and more importantly, *perspective*. What's resonating with you, what's relevant to your line of work, supporting where you're going. Those six hours you put into your notes were hard work that will pay off, but those Notion AI features really didn't add much.

[@saadkhan8308]

I think you're missing the point. The AI doesn't make it "better". It just makes it more accessible. Using the summaries will allow you to know what's there rather than every little detail. It's like adding a subtitle or teaser under your title so you know what's there since your original brain can't remember everything.

[@user-zz5je1ry1o]

He’s intentionally making himself dumber

[@denesrobertfantasny6466]

Thank you ser! THIS! 👀

[@catalinvasile461]

Hi. Can you make a video of how you organize your TODO daily notes? My TODO start to look big and it just creates anxiety for me to even start doing anything on those lists.

[@denyskonshyn1361]

Thank you for your video. I have a question. Is there a reason why you prefer taking notes manually instead of using AI-powered tools to summarize the book by chapter or page and then select the most valuable information?

[@KiwiMoto72]

I love our work and use Apple Notes and and am a paid Notion user. Is it recommended to multiple apps?

[@sigafefa]

Muito legal! Eu sou do Brasil e suspeitava pelo seu sobrenome que havia alguma raiz brasileira no seu sobrenome! Vai ser um sucesso seu livro por aqui!! Eu estou animada para compartilhar sobre ele

[@DarkSaintly]

Muito legal saber da sua existência. Tudo de bom por aí!

[@MatheusMarques.93]

Sabia que você era BR! ❤

[@Faz_Plays]

Hey Tiago, I absolute love your methods and I was wondering if there were any other tools to take notes from audio books? I currently use the method you mention in this video by just jotting down a quick note in an app, but sometimes I'm cooking, cleaning, or doing other random things that make it difficult to take notes while I'm listening. I have defaulted to writing down a quick timestamp on a post-it so I can go back and take a proper note later, but that's messy and wastes a lot of time backtracking. Also... I sometimes lose the notes. Please share any advice you may have!

[@euelianamaia]

I would suggest for you to take a look on that video of Thomas Frank explaining how to automate audios into notion transcript. I found that quite helpful

[@JohnSmith-zs1bf]

if you have an android phone with google assistant active (and a headset instead of listening on speakers) you can queue "take a note" and wait for the response, and you can dictate the note and google will save it in your account. then you "ok google....(wait)...resume playing"

[@oldmonkboy]

You can use open AI whisper to transcribe the audio and it will output the file as a text

[@Kian_Mah]

I can't imagine this solution replacing progressive summarization. AI can't capture your own view point. But, this is a good first pass to help you recall what the book was about.

[@saddamteotonio475]

VEEEM BRASSIILLLLLLL! i will be there waiting for u =D

[@groovysecondhalf]

I have notes / quotes I’ve been taking for several years but they are all lingering in NOTES on my IPhone. Time to get them organized.

[@shaktischauhan]

Crazy!

[@NirmalJose1987]

"Writers use AI" for more words; "Reader use AI" for key points / summary :)

[@vinnamaral]

Me inscrevendo no canal só porque descobri que você é brasileiro hahahaha te assisto faz tempo e sempre suspeitei, pelo nome hahahaha

[@des7638]

Great!

[@arthurantonio7824]

When are you coming to Brazil???

[@MarshallBeyer]

So simple yet so powerful! Thank you for this. Random question: what keyboard are you using on your phone at 1:19?

[@devidaskgodse]

I believe it's the google keyboard: Gboard. Available on both Android and iOS

[@johannesmarquart7375]

I would like to know how to organize and format pages in Notion, because currently the information is collected but not structured, and that bothers me a lot because as you/he says, the information is lost. Are there any prompts or ideas for this?

[@PHONIEX704]

My problem with notion is that it sucks in mobile version, i type in something and the when I check, it's not there 😭

[@danplumadore647]

I have used Grammarly for some time when writing out my content. I like the notion (pardon the pun) of having an A.I. embedded in a service that does everything. My only worry is just how safe is Notion? I have used Apple notes for a long time primarily as it belongs to the Apple ecosystem so my data belongs to me. But more and more, I am seeing the potential of Notion and how it can benefit my workflow. For all of you Notion users out there, how comfortable are you with your data?

[@mahmoudramdane2848]

Comfortable

[@RameshKumar-ng3nf]

Hell Tiago bro, Please do reply 🙏. I am confused. You use Notion for 2nd brain , You also use Evernote for 2nd brain. What data you store in Notion ? and what data in Evernote ? Please do share, i feel confused when multiiple apps are used to store data.

[@dioneosphorus8847]

How accurate is the translation?

[@pathmonkofficial]

The integration of Notion AI takes your notetaking work to the next level, saving you valuable time and transforming your notes into actionable resources.

[@afshaalam4238]

Dude im Blown

[@cysys]

Do Notion AI have all your second brain context ? or just the current page ?

[@felipeg9022]

I'll buy your book here in Brazil 🇧🇷

[@scratchedout12]

Tiago - this is an incredibly helpful video and I have a question. I took BASB, and a lot of the value of progressive summarization, from what I remember, is that in reviewing and summarizing your notes, it forces you to think deeper, which cements the learning in a deeper way. Using AI for summarization makes the note more valuable the next time you visit it, but you lose out on what's maybe more important, which is the additional learning that comes from reviewing a note. How are you thinking about this with this new AI tool from Notion?

[@TiagoForte]

That's very true, and something I'm trying to figure out right now for myself: the balance between using AI to save time and effort, while also continuing to engage with information in a way that enriches your thinking and life

[@JohnSmith-zs1bf]

It also helps reinforce if you write everything by hand and then read it and type it out again by hand and then talk to someone about it etc. But then you're missing out on the time saving features. Really we want to do the 20% that gets the 80% of the value, and skip over the 80% of effort that gets us that last 20%

[@slpdx]

I wonder if a deep dive into the differences and similarities between reading for entertainment (whether it's about the plot, the author's writing style, or both) and reading for actionable information (which, to me, is just as engaging--if not more--than reading a novel) would help "settle" this "debate". If I need information on how to start organizing my Google Drive using the PARA method, I'd much rather have the 4 steps immediately at my fingertips than the personal knowledge that I've read all of the words and sentences in whole and in order. Sometimes just having timely and efficient access to the information in an organized manner is the most important thing, and the guilt (not in quotations, b/c it's real) of not having used AI just acts as a roadblock, especially now where I'm out of school and I'm not worried about plagiarism, just the way that what I learn allows me to do my job and live life better.@@TiagoForte

[@IanLeaRobinson]

What second brain template do you like the best? Thomas Frank or Easlo?

[@DrJohnPollard]

The book was about get new customers.

[@thegrowthconscious]

Looks and sounds like Elon Musk. Brainy too. Awesome stuff. Can't help but subscribe

[@TaskSwitcherify]

It would be even better if AI actually understood your business and automatically improved it based on the book's suggestions

[@felipevalente1564]

what is your watch?

[@ianadcock-howeth1762]

weird question, but what category of PARA would the notes in the video go in?

[@mohabd7]

Resources

[@Emagrecereoutracoisa]

“Portuguese version is finally coming”. Me: 😮🤩🥳

[@kendi1417]

So this is what notion is useed for? Had no idea, but I will now be using it. Thanks for the tips. However, this is not worth $10 a month. Not even close.

[@dezinerg]

Was it worth reading the book at all, cognitively speaking, or should AI just summarize all books?

[@Cyberphunkisms]

i put a prompt "skinny elon musk with mad freckles" and got you

[@massimo]

TOP

[@jasonchen-alienroid]

asked notion AI to pull from database/table to do simple calculation and it calculated wrong. The database formula did correct...

[@anispinner]

When Elon Musk recommends something you know it's gotta be good

[@Dz-sy4zh]

is Notion open source ?

[@coccoborde]

Do you still use Evernote?

[@TiagoForte]

Yep

[@MOAMA82]

Believe it or not, I just asked google brad to summarize your book like an hour ago.

[@STClife]

You are beautiful ❤🎉cheers !!

[@neil4life879]

what phone did he use?

[@TiagoForte]

iPhone

[@user-ys5pp2rf2o]

I didn't know that Elon musk has a twin brother... Curious thing

[@SimonWolfstein]

The Postman Always F**k Twice)

[@imagist.]

Elon Musk brother?

[@DavidManningvlog]

How is this guy's last name not Musk?

[@SOLDIER1st_Class]

I try and write movie reviews. But writing the script is always the hardest part. Can ocean AI help me with this? When it comes to organizing my notes and what-have-you

[@TiagoForte]

Can help with idea generation, inspiration, and distillation for sure. You still have to come up with what you want to say

[@SOLDIER1st_Class]

@@TiagoForte oh no of course. That's my problem though I have all these ideas that I think I'll blow I'm at work, while I'm in bed, out for a walk. I put them all my notes but they're all just jumbled up and disorganized it's so hard to organize them

[@e.m.a.g876]

I’m using Notion for a lot of things but note taking is a real pain, the app is so slow to load and so buggy on mobile. I would bet all the screen records on this advertising are not real time use of the app.

[@petrknize620]

I had to minimize and listen to audio only because of the quick-cutting.

[@kerenbanget1]

for a quick glance, i thought the guy is Elon musk.

[@phoenicianathletix2866]

He looks like a Vegan Elon Musk

[@ramiraouagi]

this how it is to look like elon musk but cannot escape your wife and kids to acheive your full potential (I have to say this is a joke coz I respect this guy)

[@stendaalcartography3436]

Do ppl ever tell you that you look like you're related to Elon Musk? xD

[@MaxRuso]

Easier to scan it in notebookML

[@salehali4182]

He looks like “Elon Musk”😊 Isn’t he!

[@user-cl4pw2sg6r]

This guy an Elon Clone

[@violin245]

Very specific use cases but mostly crap.

[@BossmanBeasy]

More like brazilding a second brain amirite

[@kindavid5090]

Elon Musk got some booze