The author, who admits to being easily sidetracked by Slack notifications, uses Zapier to automate tasks between Notion and Slack. By integrating these two tools, they can organize their projects and team collaboration more efficiently. With Zapier, users can create Zaps that automate tasks such as sending Slack messages for new Notion items, saving Slack conversations in Notion databases, and creating new database items from Slack reactions. The process involves connecting the trigger app (Slack or Notion) to Zapier, selecting a trigger event, setting up an action app (Notion), and customizing action step fields. By automating these tasks, users can free up time to focus on real work and find their own workflow mojo that works for them.