Top 14 Notion Tips for Productivity!
About this video
Jeff Su walks through 14 Notion tips grouped as time-savers, organization, and aesthetics. Time-savers include typing notion.new for a new page, creating template buttons via /template for recurring pages like a weekly planner or checklists, using synced blocks so unfinished weekly action items carry into the next planner automatically, setting reminders with @remind inside a block, and everyday shortcuts such as dash-space to convert list formats, [] for checkboxes, # signs for headers, Cmd/Ctrl+P for search, and /color to set colors. For organization, he recommends the Notion Web Clipper (and mobile share sheet) to save links, title and content into a knowledge database, hierarchical sorting in databases where the first sort takes priority, adding created-by and updated-by properties, embedding an archived page in every main page to stash completed or outdated items instead of deleting them, creating nested columns by embedding a two-column page and turning it into text — a trick he credits to Thomas Frank — using toggles to hide reference material, and linking directly to a specific block with Copy Link and Cmd/Ctrl+K. For aesthetics, he suggests custom icons from Flaticon with attribution, a consistent color scheme for recurring headers such as gray for notes and green for action items, and using comments (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+M) instead of cluttering the page with bracketed notes.
Key takeaways
- Use template buttons and synced blocks to automate recurring planners and carry unfinished tasks forward
- Set reminders inside Notion with @remind instead of capturing follow-ups in a separate app
- Use the Web Clipper to save links and content directly into a knowledge database for note-taking
- Keep pages clean with an embedded archive page, toggles for reference material, and block-level links
- Apply custom icons and a consistent header color scheme so pages are quicker to scan
Episode details: published July 20, 2021 · 11:54 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.
← Previous: 7 Effective Tips for Presenting Data at Work! · Next: A Simple Book Notes Template (for Notion)! →
All Jeff Su videos · Jeff Su profile · Jeff Su (official site)
