Mike Schmitz – The Sweet Setup – To Obsidian and Beyond

To Obsidian and Beyond

The all-new master-course for Obsidian users (new and old alike). Finally organize your notes and ideas to make creative output easy.

All-new. Self-paced. Video course.

Made for beginners and pros alike.

If you are new to Obsidian…

If you are just getting started with with Obsidian, then you are in the right spot. The first half of this course (Modules 1 and 2) walk you through everything you need to know.

You will discover what Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) is and why it matters so much. We will also take you step-by-step through getting your Obsidian setup up and running.

After the first two modules, you will be confidently set up with this powerful app for organizing and connecting all your notes and ideas.

Or, if you are a seasoned Obsidian user…

If you are already using Obsidian, then you will love the advanced lessons and workflows that will show you how to fine-tune this app to your exact needs and wants. We’ve also got a whole slew of downloadable templates you can copy and paste to improve your setup even more.

If you’ve heard of apps like Obsidian, Roam, Notion, and Evernote then you know how powerful and useful they can be.

(Especially now, in 2021, as we are seeing a huge rise in the wave of these powerful note taking apps and the increasing interest in building a second brain and personal knowledge management.)

In our experience and extensive research, we believe Obsidian is the best app out there for making, organizing, and connecting your notes and ideas.

Not to mention, the app makers and community behind Obsidian are rapidly developing new features and making the app better every day.

But, as you can imagine, with all that horsepower and functionality, there comes a learning curve.

Shortcut the Learning Curve

To Obsidian and Beyond is an on-demand video course with one goal in mind: to be the best possible training for Obsidian users who want to get in control over their sea of notes.

During this course, we have a very focused agenda. We will ensure that you are able to:

• Discover your ideal way of using Obsidian, so that it serves your needs.
• Get your Obsidian setup singing with the best plugins, themes, and structure.
• Dive in with some example workflows, templates, and structures so that you can begin to actually use Obsidian.

After this course you will understand what is possible with Obsidian, how it can serve you best for your specific needs, and be set up and ready to use it.

Is this course right for you?

This course is for anyone who wants to get more from of their notes and ideas.

When you are stuck in a broken loop of always learning and always consuming, but never taking action… frankly that sucks. It’s frustrating. We know that you want to have more output, more impact, and to more consistently ship your ideas.

This course is also for anyone who feels stressed out by their note-taking system. We’ll show you how to (1) eliminate the pressure you feel toward having to find important information; (2) stop wasting time reading stuff and doing nothing with it; and (3) stop being buried by your own “Information FOMO”.

In short, this course is for you if…

• You deal with information all the time, and you want to be more productive and focused.
• If you don’t consider yourself a creative, BUT… you think you could be and you want to be… (good news, you can be! It’s easy and we’ll show you how).
• You are a content creator, teacher, speaker, pastor, writer, idea machine, information junkie.
• If you have a podcast, YouTube channel, newsletter, Twitter Thread reputation.
• You have lots of notes, and wish you could get more out of them.
• You have bits and pieces of ideas all over the place… things are just lost in a sea of random notes.
• You want guidance on how to develop a system where you don’t lose track of so much.
• Your idea system kinda sucks (to be honest).
• You know that Obsidian (and apps like it, such as Roam) seem powerful and helpful, but you’re not sure how to get started.

When it comes to struggling with your notes, writing, and ideas … we have been there before

Course Modules and Lessons

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Managing and Organizing All Your Knowledge

10 Videos

In the first module you’ll discover how to take all the information you encounter — the things you read, the conversations you have, the ideas that come to you, the insights that strike from time to time, and more — and then organize it in a way that helps you get the most out of it.

This goes beyond the typical “file” or “pile” approach to organization. And it shows you why being able to actually connect and link your ideas is far more powerful.

(Honestly, you already have a way that you manage all your knowledge, You just may not realize it… which means it could be better.)

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Set up Obsidian the right way

15 Videos

When you are first setting up Obsidian, you may notice that there are a lot of options. Where to save your vault, how to sync to your other devices, which plugins to install, how to change the theme and the look, etc… It can be a bit overwhelming to say the least. The last thing you want is to get stuck in “analysis paralysis” when you are first getting started.

In this full overview and setup module, we will walk you through everything you need (and may even want) to know about making sure you set up Obsidian the right way the first time. From how to sync your notes across all devices, how to theme and style the look of your Obsidian, what it means to have connected notes, the “map view”, and so much more.

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The Vault

The complete replay of our popular “Zero to Obsidian” workshop. A $99 value.

A library of downloadable Obsidian templates that you can use for your own setup.

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Obsidian Masterclass

11 Videos

Now it’s time to really make Obsidian dance. As an Obsidian user, there are a vast amount of plugins, settings, and other ways to tinker. We will show you a bunch of different ways you can push Obsidian to the edge for your ideal setup. Discover the additional features and tweaks that will save you time, create better insights, and just bring more joy to your Obsidian setup.

A few of the Masterclass lessons include things like how to sync your Readwise highlights, how to toss and append text into Obsidian from the Drafts app, using Git, and even how to turn Obsidian into the Ultimate Writing app. Plus much more.

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Advanced Workflows

8 Videos

When you see examples of ways that other people are using Obsidian, then the lightbulb goes off! We’ve got a slew of advanced workflows to show you how to go above and beyond with how you use Obsidian.

How to use Obsidian for… Better book notes; Keeping meeting notes (with templates); Setting up a Kanban Board writing workflow; Create a journaling workflow that connects your thoughts; Set up daily questions and make them easy and organized; Task management for improved note-taking productivity; Creating presentations with Obsidian; Project management inside Obsidian.

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The Focus Course
(Premium Only)

Our flagship training course on Focus, Clarity, Goal Setting, and Habits.

This is the first time we’ve ever offered The Focus Course as part of a bundle to our TSS readers. We believe it fits perfectly with the Obsidian course because of the strong emphasis on doing your best creative work.

As a Focus Course member, you’ll discover the 5 Components of a Focused Life and how to use them to get absolute clarity on what matters most (both in your life and in your daily tasks). We’ll show you how to turn that clarity into goals, and how to make regular progress on your goals by finally building habits that work in your favor.

This is the same training that thousands of people have gone through since 2015, and which we have presented at live workshops, online cohorts, private corporate trainings, and more. (Read more about The Focus Course here.)

Go from Zero to Obsidian

Do you have bits and pieces of ideas all over the place? Things are just lost in a sea of random notes? Get a step-by-step guidance on how to develop a system where you don’t lose track of so much, and how to use Obsidian for that system.