The PARA Method from Tiago Forte's "Building a Second Brain" course is my favorite way to build a whole-life organization system. Here's how to build PARA into Notion from scratch.
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🗂 FREE PARA TEMPLATE:
https://thomasjfrank.com/templates/para-method-template-for-notion/
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https://thomasjfrank.com/courses/
💪GET STARTED WITH NOTION:
https://thomasjfrank.com/usenotion/ - (this is my referral link)
🔗 More Video Links:
Tiago's article on PARA: https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
02:03 - PARA Dashboard Preview
04:24 - What is PARA? Mini-Lesson
07:58 - Create the Databases
10:35 - Tasks
11:34 - Notes
13:38 - Projects
13:53 - Areas and Resources
14:52 - Archive
15:45 - Creating Relations
23:41 - Creating Dashboards and Templates
26:51 - Creating Linked Databases
31:17 - Areas and Resources DB Templates
40:16 - Build the Dashboard
50:50 - Create the Archive Page
56:30 - More Resources
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🎞 SPECIAL THANKS
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