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Create your workspace
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Notion
Your second brain, your team wiki, your content engine.
Most beginners drown in tabs, notes apps, post-its and chaos. Notion is the calm in the storm — one place for plans, ideas, content and SOPs.
— Build the operating system for your business — in one app, for free.
01 · The basics
What is Notion?
A flexible workspace for notes, docs, wikis, projects and databases.
Used by everyone from solo creators to companies of 10,000+.
Built-in AI for writing, summarizing and answering questions about your own docs.
02 · From Jack
Why Jack uses it
Clear thinking comes from clear systems. Notion lets you turn one good idea into a repeatable process — the difference between a hobby and a business.
- →One source of truth instead of 9 different apps.
- →Forces you to write things down, which forces you to think clearly.
- →Beginners overbuild the workspace. Start with 3 pages, not 30.
03 · How to start
Your first hour with it
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Build 3 core pages
1) Dashboard / today, 2) Content calendar, 3) SOPs (how-to docs for your business).
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Steal a template
Notion's template gallery is goldmine. Steal one for content / CRM / project mgmt — strip it down.
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Add a database, not a list
Use databases for content ideas, customers, tasks — they're sortable, filterable, future-proof.
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Use AI for summaries
Long meeting notes → 5 bullet points. Long brief → tweet thread. Save hours weekly.
04 · Don't
Beginner mistakes to avoid
Mistake #1
Spending 4 weeks building the 'perfect' Notion setup before doing real work.
Mistake #2
Hundreds of nested pages no one ever opens again.
Mistake #3
Treating it like Word — flat docs only, no databases.
Mistake #4
Refusing to delete old pages. Clutter compounds.
05 · Tactical
Jack's personal setup
- ✓Single workspace, simple sidebar, no clutter.
- ✓Content database with status: idea → drafting → scheduled → published.
- ✓SOP page for every repeatable workflow (so you can eventually delegate it).
- ✓Weekly review template — what worked, what didn't, what's next.
Jack's tip
"If a process happens twice — write the SOP. The third time, you (or AI) just follow the doc. That's how you escape doing everything yourself."
06 · Pairs well with
The recommended stack
07 · FAQ
Things beginners always ask
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