Second Brain

Second Brain is Easlo's best-selling Notion template: a PARA-based, one-time-purchase system that turns a Notion workspace into an interconnected hub for tasks, projects, goals, notes and references.

What is Second Brain?

Second Brain is the template that made Easlo — the Notion persona of Singaporean creator Jason Chin — the poster child for selling Notion setups: Business Insider verified $239,000 in template sales by the time he was 20, he has since reported around $20,000 a month, and his combined following across X, Instagram and TikTok passed a million during 2024. The product itself is an all-in-one Notion system built on Tiago Forte's PARA method (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archives) with GTD-style task processing layered on top. Duplicating it into your workspace gives you a dashboard with sidebar navigation into nine core databases — Projects, Tasks, Notes, References, Areas, Goals, Key Results, Topics and Highlights — plus quick-capture buttons, a weekly review flow, a reading list with quotes and highlights, and bonus habit and journal templates. Tutorials, filled-in examples, lifetime access to updates and a private Circle community are bundled, and it all works on Notion's free plan. The template sells for $79 one-time on Gumroad, where it holds a 4.9/5 rating from 269 reviewers and 7,000+ sales, and Easlo's own site currently promotes a $39 path through the Notion Marketplace with the coupon NEWYEAR. There is no TrustRadius presence — this is a digital product, not software — so the social proof is storefront ratings, Product Hunt (4.46/5 from 12 reviews) and the size of the creator's audience.

Key Features

• All-In-One Dashboard — A single home base with sidebar navigation into every area: inbox, tasks, projects, goals, areas, events, notes, highlights and archive
• PARA Organization — Tiago Forte's Projects-Areas-Resources-Archives method baked in, so every note and task lands somewhere actionable instead of in a random folder
• Projects & Tasks — GTD-style task management where each task links to the project it serves, with clear views of what is active and what comes next
• Goals & Key Results — Dedicated goal-setting databases with measurable key results, OKR-style, connected to the projects that serve them
• Quick Capture — Capture buttons and an inbox so stray thoughts get parked in seconds and triaged later
• Notes, Topics & References — A note-taking system with topic tagging plus a references database for articles, papers and saved links
• Reading List, Quotes & Highlights — Book and reading tracking with quotes and highlights extracted from what you consume
• Weekly Review — A structured review ritual to clear the inbox, archive finished projects and reset priorities
• Tutorials, Examples & Community — Video walkthroughs, pre-filled example content, lifetime access to updates and the private Circle community

Who is it for?

• Existing Notion users who want a proven structure instead of building their own system over a lost weekend
• Readers of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain who want PARA pre-built rather than self-assembled
• Solopreneurs, students and creators juggling tasks, projects and reference material in one place
• Notion beginners intimidated by blank pages who benefit from tutorials, examples and a community
• Anyone who prefers minimal, distraction-free layouts over feature-heavy dashboards

Who is it NOT for?

• Anyone not already bought into Notion — the template is worthless outside it, and adopting a whole tool for a $79 page is backwards
• People who need native-app speed: reliable reminders, fast mobile capture and offline access
• Teams wanting multi-user permissions, assignments and reporting — this is a personal system at heart
• Skeptics of productivity systems who will not sustain a weekly review; the structure decays fast without it
• Tinkerers who would rather adapt a free PARA clone and keep the $79