If computers aren’t your thing, Notion might change your mind – it’s simple to use!
When an application does so much it’s often hard to explain it easily and therefore people are scared to use it. That’s certainly a problem with Notion.
I am guessing and hoping you are here to find out what Notion is and what it can do for you - if so, you’re in the right place. The intent for this article is to explain in as simple as possible terms what Notion does, why to use it and to give you three ideas on what you can do now with Notion. There’s lots of material online to learn more, this is just a starting point to see if it’s worth your precious time.
Two questions I have struggled to answer when my mum has asked them: “What do management consultants do?” and “What is Notion?”. The difficulty in answering these two questions is similar. Having a broad set of capabilities means it's hard to explain simply. As it happens, one simple answer for both questions is that they/it solve many problems. The second question is what I attempt to answer in this article.
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I’m Bronek, a seasoned management consultant leader, programme manager, and self-proclaimed productivity enthusiast. With years of experience using Notion to organise my work efficiently, I’m a Notion ambassador, sharing my insights with others. My expertise culminated in writing a book that is a comprehensive guide for beginners, aimed at helping you unlock the full potential of Notion's powerful features.
Notion, at its most basic is a very good digital notebook where you can keep track of all of your important stuff in one place. You could use it for to-do lists, write down your favourite recipes, journal about your holidays, write a daily diary and even organise family chores. The key here is you are using Notion to create and store. In doing so you can solve your problem and design your pages with LEGO like blocks.
It’s really easy to use, imagine having a notebook on your computer or tablet that makes everything easier to manage!
Tired of juggling between apps, and paper. Discover how Notion can do it all, in one place!
Notion’s like a digital Swiss Army knife. Like a Swiss Army knife, if you just need to cut, or in this case take notes it’s really easy to use. But it can do so much more - you can with its modular model or “no code” model build full applications or even websites.
You open your first blank page and then see lots of things you can add to the page. This is the point for many that scares people off Notion - it shouldn’t as you can ignore it and learn as you go along.
Three ideas to try out in Notion are below. I am not going into how to do this in this article, this is just to give you a feel for what Notion could be used for.
You can use Notion to plan your holiday, journal about it whilst there and then refer back to for memories or to help book your next trip.
There are pre-made templates or build your own. Some things you could include: