Notion AI Tutorial: Is It Really Worth It?

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The presenter walks through 9 scenarios to test whether Notion AI is worth it, noting every Notion account has free trial access to the AI. Using the Notion AI button or the Ctrl J shortcut (Command J on Mac), he reformats bullet points into numbered lists, turns content pillars into a table with rows and columns specified exactly as phrased, then adds colors and icons to headers, and cleans up writing with change tone to friendly and make shorter. He explains search scope and @ mentions for adding page, people, or date context, and shows accepting, discarding, or re-prompting edits. In Notion AI chat he contrasts results by scope, for example a 5k training plan built from AI knowledge only versus all workspace sources, which changed the sport from running to rowing. Later scenarios cover asking workspace questions with clickable citations, extracting handwritten notes from a photo and reasoning about a drawing, creating 10 quiz questions and a study guide, prioritizing items in a Q1 goals database and a habit tracker, and coaching via habit stacking. The final scenario adds AI-powered database columns including AI summary, AI custom autofill for next steps, AI translation, and AI keywords. He closes by asking if the features justify the cost he cites as $8 per user per month.

Key takeaways

• Invoke Notion AI with Ctrl J (Command J on Mac), select blocks first for edits, and review changes before accepting, discarding, or re-prompting
• Specify structure explicitly, such as rows, columns, and ’exactly as phrased’, when asking AI to reformat content into a table to avoid unwanted summarization
• Search scope and @ mentions control context; limiting scope to AI knowledge versus searching all workspace sources can produce materially different answers
• Handwritten note photos can be extracted with Ask AI, then turned into quiz questions or a study guide for review
• Databases can use AI summary, AI custom autofill, AI translation, and AI keywords columns, with Try on this view recommended to preview before adding them at scale

Episode details: published January 28, 2025 · 16:58 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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