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Constant imaginary conversations
We go about our days with a machinery of imaginary conversations or monologues from relevant people in our lives, whether in the past or present, dead or alive. It’s easy to take…
Business
Notion AI Computer Access
While working on a PowerPoint presentation for an upcoming investor meeting, John—the CEO of a fast-growing U.K. scale-up—let a Notion Custom Agent use all the notes in the…
Life
Information overload and action gaps
A way you clean up a trash can that’s been tipped over by the monkeys at night, snacking on the leftovers, is to soften and begin picking up the first piece of garbage, and the…
Business
Notion Permissions Guide for Teams: Handling Members, Guests, Groups
When you use Notion for business, understanding permissions and access management can be confusing but important for maintaining a sufficient degree of order in the workspace,…
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On charisma
‘I am afraid’, he uttered while trembling in front of the opponent he would face in a boxing match the following day. Charisma is often sought after as a mechanism for getting…
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Can you do something without doing it?
“\[…\] It’s important that in the process you bring some playfulness, some relaxation, some deep choice — I want to do this.” — Ido Portal There are multiple ways to do something,…
Business
Superhuman Docs - What You Need to Know
Superhuman Docs can be a great tool for building custom software with no-code and AI. Think project management, customer relationship management systems, knowledge repositories,…
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Bring attention back to the task at hand
Attention enables relaxation. Our primary job is to continuously bring attention back to the task at hand, whatever it is. We often do something while wishing to be doing…
Business
Claude Notion External Agents
Imagine you’re delegating creating a a first draft of a Power Point presentation for your next board meeting, using the information on the Projects, Tasks, Meetings, and Strategy…
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Don’t know your dream
Sometimes it is argued that you must follow your dream, or dreams. This assumes that you know your dreams. Do you know your dreams, really? You do something you wanted to do for a…
Business
How to use Notion External Agents - AI Agents orchestration in NotionNotion External Agents
So far, using Cursor, Claude Code, or other AI coding platforms, the main surface area for interacting with the AI agents has been the chat. Using chat is akin to constantly…
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Some things that stay the same
Here are a few things that remain constant in time so far: - Most primates (us included) organize themselves in groups - Groups composed of primates have hierarchies - Hierarchies…

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