The actual purpose of reading books is to help you move forward in life from point A to point B. Reading just for the sake of accumulating information won’t get you anywhere in life. I don’t want to be someone who only thinks and never acts.

Reading nonfiction books without intending to apply them in your daily life is nothing more than mental masturbation. Although it's better than mindlessly scrolling social media, but if you don't use the lessons you've gained from those books, it doesn't improve your life.

You’ll be stuck at the same place, with the same mental or physical obstacles. Knowledge is useless until you act on it. It’s not enough to know something, you have to turn that knowledge into action. In this memo, I'll share how to actually apply what you read.

1. Choose The Right Books To Read:

The perfect book is one that addresses your interests, provides solutions to the issues you are now dealing with in your life, or helps you learn something new.

The majority of people read irrelevant books. Not every book is for everyone; a book may have sold ten million copies, but if it doesn't address your problem, what's the use of reading it?

Read books that are relevant to your current situation so that you can relate to the content and are more likely to immediately put the lessons you learn to use. Choose books that are relevant to your passion or hobby so you can gain new skills and apply it in your life.

The majority of people, plan to put something interesting or profound they read into action, but as the book progresses, the "action part" takes a backseat and we begin to enjoy reading about the concepts and feel proud of ourselves for reading something intellectual.

2. Create An Action Plan:

Don't put off applying the lessons you've learned into practice until the end of the book. Your mind is simply directing you to delay taking action until the last possible moment because doing so makes you feel uncomfortable.

Apply the concepts as you learn them, such as while reading Mel Robbins' book The 5-Second Rule, which is about overcoming procrastination. I began using it in my workout the day I learned it. Start small and build gradually. Tiny steps are better than no steps at all.

3. Re-read Books: Reading once is not enough, our mind thrives on repetition. To totally grasp the concepts and apply them in your life you need to read them multiple times. “I don’t want to read all the books; I just want to read the best 100 over and over again.”