How Do I Improve My Reading Quality

[AndylizedAAY]

I have read, The Road Less Travelled, Define Your Why, and am currently reading the Actualized.org textbook. My notes are just biased "important points" but I am not applying anything or doing any serious reflection. How can I fix that?

[gettoefl]

look for opportunities to write about what you're reading, maybe journaling, social media entries or partaking in online discussions about the topics

to understand something is to summarize it simply to another

as you write you sometimes find you don't understand ... in which case formulate a question ... asking a question means you understand a lot

[Asayake]

Maybe instead of taking notes try highlighting/underlining/circling in the parts you find extra interesting and write the page number at the inside of the book cover. This way you can easily return to the parts you found the most interesting whenever you want and draw new conclusions every time.

Other than that, did the books you read seem relevant to you? If the book you read is really relevant to where you're at in life it will spark ideas for which action you should be taking or give you an increased understanding of something you're going through/went through.

Some books are not so relevant to us where we're at in life and then it will just give you more shallow knowledge that is not as useful right now. But nevertheless reading will still train your mind and expand your vocabulary and reading skills.

Keep reading different stuff and you will stumble upon some book that gives you more value than all the others you've read combined sooner or later. For me The Power of Now gave me greater value than 10 other books combined. When a book is really valuable to you you will naturally start to reflect deeper on it and realize ways to positively change your life with the insights or techniques you got from the book that suited who you are as a person and your life situation well.

[Aimblack]

You can get the book titled "How to read a book" by Mortimer J. Adler. Basically, our education in how to read ended in middle school. This book gives you tools and methods to understand complicated books.