The ULTIMATE Second Brain Setup in Notion



🧠 Get Ultimate Brain for Notion: https://thomasjfrank.com/brain – Use UBLAUNCH at checkout to get 50% off!

In this video, I’ll show you my complete Notion system for life organization and productivity. This handles note, web clips & highlights, tasks, projects, goals, and much more.

🐦CONNECT WITH ME:
Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/tomfrankly (I’m most responsive here)
Instagram ➔ https://instagram.com/tomfrankly

📚 NOTION FUNDAMENTALS (Free Notion Beginner’s Series)
https://thomasjfrank.com/fundamentals/

🛠 MORE COURSES AND RESOURCES:
https://thomasjfrank.com/templates/
https://thomasjfrank.com/courses/

💪GET STARTED WITH NOTION:
https://thomasjfrank.com/usenotion/ – (this is my referral link)

⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
01:52 – Home Page
03:12 – Quick Capture
08:16 – Daily Planning
12:55 – P.A.R.A. Explanation
18:07 – Areas and Resources
24:19 – Project Hub
24:55 – Task Manager
27:37 – GTD Explanation
30:27 – Task Processing
32:50 – Recurring Tasks
33:20 – Note Taking
36:22 – Goals and Future Planning
39:07 – Archiving
40:16 – Special Views
42:25 – Dashboard
43:34 – Overview/End

📚 RESOURCES AND LINKS:
Notion Web Clipper: https://www.notion.so/web-clipper
Save to Notion: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-notion/ldmmifpegigmeammaeckplhnjbbpccmm?hl=en
Tiago’s P.A.R.A. Article: https://fortelabs.co/blog/para/
Tiago’s Building a Second Brain course (affiliate link): https://thomasjfrank.com/basb/
Automated Recurring Tasks guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHVTJWIB2No
“Now” Page: https://thomasjfrank.com/now/

👏 THANKS:
Video edited by Tony Santos: https://www.youtube.com/c/TonySantosSpider
Select video clips by Getty Images

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26 thoughts on “The ULTIMATE Second Brain Setup in Notion”

  1. Hey all! I'm incredibly excited to finally share this complete second-brain system I've been building in Notion. If you'd like to get it as a template that you can start using right away, go to https://thomasjfrank.com/brain/ (and use code UBLAUNCH to get 50% off)!

    In addition to the template itself, you'll also get a full beginner's guide (w/ written, video, and interactive tutorials), help docs, and access to an active support community where you can get your questions answered.

    I've also improved my own copy of this template with some really cool automations, and I'm working on video tutorials for those, including:

    – Adding new tasks to the task inbox with Siri

    – Automatic speech-to-text-to-Notion using Otter

    – Integrating ReadWise into my second brain so I can sync highlights from Kindle books, podcasts, tweets, and more

    If you have automation ideas or topic requests, let me know!

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  2. Guys, ho much secure Notion is? I have all my life locked in excel files because I’m afraid of data breaches. Are data encrypted or I should keep everything offline?

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  3. I’ve deliberately avoided second brain and productivity YT the past 2-3 years. I was just exhausted by the sheer abundance of ideas out there, never mind my own tortuous path littered with discarded attempts. Plus, I was thinking, Good-looking guy on YT? Please.

    But damn, you really did the heavy lifting. Years of effort on display. Easily a pseudonymous Twitter freak :p I bought your template after watching this video, despite having my own system, because you convinced me to retry uniting my notes and tasks views. Thanks, for sharing such high-quality knowledge.

    I do want to mention a hitch I experienced in the purchase process. I went to your landing page and scrolled down to your CTA.

    Above it, it reads, “Buy Ultimate Brain. No fuss, no monthly fees. Ultimate Brain is a one-time purchase, which also gets you lifetime access to tutorials and our support community.”

    I had to reread the page above to realize that the TEMPLATE was still the main product—that you hadn’t phased out the template sales for whatever reason in the past year since you uploaded this video.

    Maybe consider emphasizing the word “template” on the page for at least the YT clicks? You may have already considered and rejected this, but just adding my two cents.

    And best of luck on your 2023 goals.

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  4. The cult of productivity and the procrastination monkey have entered the chat and are having an epic battle, while the pedantic youtube influencer shill is cheering them on, hoping for views and affiliate coins

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  5. I'm definitely not a developer but I think it would so rad if someone created an android launcher that made your entire desktop your notion app – but alas, I can't even figure out how to link to apps from within notion. I'd love the ability to open my main notes app (milanote) from within notion, ie, but the deep linking capabilities just… Don't work from a front facing user perspective between the two apps, ugh.

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  6. I have a question: You have implemented a Process (GTD) workflow and a Task manager… Do these two share the same database? Otherwise I don't quite understand how you are supposed to split your tasks between them…
    Am I correct that these are basically two very different ways to look at the same database?

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  7. Thomas, is there way to assign tasks to areas? I am in Areas and Resources and I have one of my areas open and I don’t see a way to make tasks specifically assigned to my area. Often I create tasks that may not be associated with a project but is related to the area.

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  8. Great work, Thomas! I fell in love with Notion just recently, especially with the AI, and your recent video helped a lot. Then one thing led to another, here I am, excited to see what I can do with this template, cheers!

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