Most people I talk to don’t have a reading strategy. They just pick up something and start reading.
Only read books that teach you how to overcome your current challenges.
Sharing knowledge is a great application. You might not be a teacher, but if you act like one, you’re already applying knowledge. All it takes is a mindset shift.
Don’t just ‘read’ a book. No, devour a book and talk about it with others.
Say to yourself: “I must focus on the book at hand because I’m going to share everything I learned with others. I better know my shit.”
When I highlight something very important, I take a picture of that page and upload it to my Book Notes.
Then, I immediately write WHY it’s important and how I can use it.
What I like to do when I read is to have imaginary conversations about the stuff that I’m reading. I imagine myself sitting together with a friend and talking about the subject. Or, when I read a piece of useful advice, I visualize myself actually doing that thing.
I remember vividly when I read How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie for the first time. One of the pieces of advice Carnegie gives, is to become genuinely interested in people.
Knowledge alone is completely useless.