8 Google Calendar Settings Everyone Must Turn ON!
About this video
Su shares eight Google Calendar settings and habits, progressing from quick wins to advanced tricks. Typing cal.new in the browser opens a new event instantly, with doc.new, slides.new and sheets.new doing the same for other Google apps. He changes the default reminder from ten minutes to two, arguing a ten-minute alert is forgotten by start time, and sets default guest permissions to allow modifying the event so invitees can reschedule without a message chain. For cross-region work he enables the world clock and a secondary time zone on the calendar itself. His favourite pattern is the invisible event: a private, free-status block only he can see, used for reminders such as stretching — and, extended, recurring private events with email notifications that a Gmail filter automatically labels as follow-ups so nothing slips. He also switches on the daily agenda email, sent each morning, and uses advanced search filters by keyword, attendee, place and date to recover past meetings. A bonus tip renames frequently checked colleagues’ calendars with a leading emoji so they sort to the top.
Key takeaways
- Type cal.new for an instant new event; doc.new and sheets.new work too
- Shorten the default reminder to about two minutes so it prompts action
- Let guests modify events by default to avoid rescheduling message chains
- Use private, free invisible events as reminders; route them to Gmail labels
- Turn on the daily agenda email and use advanced search to find past events
Episode details: published January 20, 2021 · 8:19 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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