Welcome to Issue #48 of Dave’s Productivity Newsletter (soon to be the Work&Craft Newsletter!) where I share 1 Big Idea & 3 Little Updates to help you work with more focus and intention.
We have access to more data than ever before.
This abundance has transformed how we make decisions, but it has also shifted us from intuition-based choices to data-driven ones. While data provides valuable insights, not all data is created equal.
Tracking some metrics can unlock game-changing insights, while others simply consume time and energy, sometimes preventing us from hitting our objectives.
If you’re interested in leveraging data to sharpen your intuition, you can read the full article below.
NOTION UPDATES
🏠 Notion’s New Home | What do you think?
Now that Home is out of beta and everyone has access, what’s your take on it?
I think it’s a nice starting point to think through how we can highlight information like recent pages, and I really like the ability to consolidate tasks from different databases.
But it does leave me wishing we could just get these blocks and format them exactly how we want. I have a hunch this is where it’s going, but we’re not quite there yet.
In the meantime, I’ll keep using my own dashboard. ;)
VIDEO RESOURCE
🤝 Six Essentials for Notion Consulting
This video focuses on Notion consulting, but I think really applies to any type of consulting (and actually entrepreneurship in general). Every tip I cover, I learned through lots of trial and error, so hoping this helps you on your journey, in some form or another!
LEARNING RESOURCES
🟢 The Best Course for Becoming a Notion Expert
There is no shortage of Notion tutorials out there. It’s never been easier to learn the basics.
But, the best courses go beyond; they create deep learning experiences that allow you to level-up your skills, in a fast, fun way.
When it comes to learning Notion, there is no better course experience than Notion Mastery from Marie Poulin and Ben Borowski.
Marie’s YouTube videos were my go-to resource for learning not only how to build in Notion, but how to journal, manage projects, and track habits. And Notion Mastery goes FAR beyond what you’ll see on YouTube.
From live workshops to what has to be the biggest library of resources, templates, and content, Notion Mastery is hands-down the best Notion course out there.
🗞️ Changes to the Newsletter
Just want to give you a heads up on some changes to this newsletter. First, we’ll soon be the Work&Craft Newsletter. In short, it’s just a reflection of my own interests expanding beyond Notion, exploring ways we can move smarter and faster, whether that’s in Notion or elsewhere.
Also (little bit down the line), we’ll be migrating to ConvertKit. I already use ConvertKit for landing pages and forms for templates and the consulting bootcamp, so just trying to consolidate tools. 🙂
I’ll share more as we’re getting closer to migrating, to make sure you keep getting the newsletter. Thanks for sticking with me so far!