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Think Like a C Student (But Only Sometimes)

Imagine you’re back in high school. You wrote an assignment a week earlier, and you’re nervously awaiting your final grade. Your teacher returns your paper, and that’s when you see your grade for the first time: “Nice work. B.” “Damn,” you think to yourself, comparing yourself to your straight-A friend, “I was so close to […]

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How I Used Notion to Launch an Online Course (Step-by-Step)

So, I recently relaunched my flagship program, Getting Things Done with Notion. But with a full-time job and a family that takes up most of my free time, I needed to plan my launch meticulously to leverage that time correctly. To do that, I planned the entire relaunch—comprising three project phases and fifty-nine tasks—in Notion.  […]

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How I Used Notion to Launch an Online Course

So, I recently relaunched my flagship program, Getting Things Done with Notion. But with a full-time job and a family that takes up most of my free time, I needed to plan my launch meticulously to leverage that time correctly. To do that, I planned the entire relaunch—comprising three project phases and fifty-nine tasks—in Notion.  […]

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How to Set Up GTD in Notion (The Only Guide You Need)

If you’re looking to learn how to implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology in Notion, then you’re in the right place. In this blog post, I’ll share how I’m using GTD in Notion today (including detailed walkthroughs of how I’m using each list). Let’s take a look. Notion GTD: Everything You Need to […]

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How to Save Twitter Threads to Notion

I follow many brilliant thought leaders on Twitter, with many writing insightful threads relating to their expertise. Here’s a recent example from Dickie Bush on the importance of writing strong introductions: The single most important part of everything you write: Your first sentence. Why? Because 95% of people don't read past it. So, you should […]

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From $0 to $33,564: How I Built a Five-Figure Digital Product

Five years, six months, seven days, and eight attempts.  That’s what it took to build my first five-figure digital product. I don’t have all the answers, but here’s everything I’ve learned on my journey, from earning my first $1 online to building a $10,000+ digital product. My Journey from $0 to $33,564 1. The Psychology […]

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The Five-Minute Journal: Is It Worth $33.99 in 2022?

If you’re like most people, you were brought up to believe success begets happiness. In other words, if you get that promotion, get accepted into that Ivy League college, lose 14 pounds … then you will be happy. Make sense, right? There’s only one problem… It’s completely backward. Here’s why: In the 1990s, Harvard lecturer, […]

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How to Set Up GTD in Notion

If you’re looking to learn how to implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology in Notion, then you’re in the right place. In this blog post, I’ll share how I’m using GTD in Notion today (including detailed walkthroughs of how I’m using each list). Let’s take a look. Notion GTD: Everything You Need to […]

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7 Ways I’m Using Notion’s Grouping Feature

So, Notion just launched one of their most requested features: Grouping. And I couldn’t be more excited to share how I’m using it to organize my life and work better. Here are my seven favorite “group by” use cases. Notion’s Group By Feature: My Favorite Use Cases 1. Group Summaries by Rating 2. Group Summaries […]

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7 Ways I’m Using Notion’s New Grouping Feature

So, Notion just launched one of their most requested features: Grouping. And I couldn’t be more excited to share how I’m using it to organize my life and work better. Here are my seven favorite “group by” use cases. Notion’s Group By Feature: My Favorite Use Cases 1. Group Summaries by Rating 2. Group Summaries […]

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