Notion and Choosing The Right Productivity Tool For You w/ Francesco D’Alessio (TPS273)

Asian Efficiency Team

4 years ago

In this episode, Francesco D’Alessio from the Keep Productive Youtube channel returns to the podcast. We talk about Notion, a productivity tool that has been getting a ton of buzz over the past year, as well as how to pick a productivity tool that’s right for you.

We also do a lightning round where Francesco shares his favorite tools that he uses to be productive every day.

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Cheat Sheet:

Francesco’s top 3 productivity resources [2:22]
What Notion is and why it’s such a revolutionary application [6:58]
Some of the more inspired uses of Notion that Francesco has seen in the community [11:05]
How Notion’s flexible options make maintaining a database much easier than with other platforms [13:49]
Why Francesco says Notion does 80% of what every other application can do [19:19]
What Airtable is and how it is useful for teams [25:30]
Why Francesco made his “Sorry Evernote Users” video and how Evernote’s role in his life has changed [28:54]
What apps and tools Francesco for different productivity areas [37:13]
Francesco’s advice for how to best use your tools [44:07]

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