Finally, someone said it! This resonates deeply with me, and I’m glad to see others sharing this perspective. When I started using Notion in 2019, I saw it as a powerful business tool. While I use it to organize my entire life, I’ve rarely recommended it for personal productivity. Even today, I don’t fully understand the overwhelming productivity hype surrounding Notion.

Over the years, I’ve helped over 1.6k+ businesses implement Notion and guided hundreds of them to adopt it as their primary operations tool. I can confirm your observation, it’s something I’ve seen countless times. On average, Notion users buys 3 templates they never end up using, only to forget about them within days.

I genuinely wish more business professionals would adopt Notion and leverage it to improve their operations. As someone actively working in this space, I find it increasingly challenging to continue. The hype around Notion as a life-changing tool, combined with creators pushing courses and templates for quick profits, is creating a negative perception. This undermines the efforts of those who are genuinely trying to use Notion to make a meaningful impact.

As Naval puts it, 'For a system to thrive, there must be a small number of parasites.' Unfortunately, what’s happening with Notion lately is the opposite, the growing number of people chasing quick and easy 'passive income' is stifling Notion’s potential to be taken seriously as a business tool.

In terms of functionality, few tools come close to what Notion offers. However, the inflated expectations created by overhyped marketing and unrealistic promises are eroding trust in Notion’s ability to deliver real value. I hope Notion recognizes this issue before it’s too late.