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How I built my Notion daily journaling system (step-by-step)
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If you’ve been trying to journal daily but keep skipping it, this Notion setup will change that. I’ll show you how to build a simple, friction-free journaling system you’ll actually use (even if you’re new to Notion). Check out the video tutorial below: Hope you like this. Adam P.S. I'm making more content like this that's related to self-improvement and building systems to think clearly and stay organized. If you're not interested in this new direction, that's totally OK! Feel free to unsubscribe below. |
Product Manager sharing lessons on storytelling & influencing without authority
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I’ve watched the first five minutes of the 2007 iPhone reveal an embarrassing number of times. Not because I’m an Apple fanboy (okay, maybe a little). But because those five minutes contain one of the cleanest persuasive storytelling I’ve ever seen. And nobody talks about what actually made it work. Everyone gives credit to Steve Job’s charisma. Sure, he has a magnetic aura around him (some call it a “Reality Distortion Field”). But the less obvious thing that actually drives the persuasion,...
I used to write stakeholder emails that got ignored for weeks. I’d spend an hour crafting the perfect message backed with data & reasoning. Everything they needed to make a decision. Then…crickets. I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. And it wasn’t what I thought. Let me show you. Here’s a real scenario I faced: 🙏 What stakeholder wants:Implement temporary security tool, while waiting for new tool to arrive ❓ Why they want it: Stakeholder feels strongly about filling the security gap...
BTW you can watch this newsletter on YouTube if you prefer. If not, read on: The smarter I tried to sound, the dumber my audience felt. I remember spending an hour explaining to stakeholders why merging two mobile apps was complicated. I shared everything: technical details, architecture diagrams, flow charts. But all I got were blank stares. Then I remembered this saying from marketing: “It’s better to be clear than clever.” So I simplified my message and scheduled another meeting. This...