To the reading process to the implementing process.

[hugofortin]

Hi everyone,

When I read personal development books, I feel that I don't learn anything. I just read it and I just don't implement nothing.

Do you have any advices to how implement new things that you learn?

Thank you in advance.

Hugo

[VinceG]

Hahahahahahaha!!!

You're so funny! That's like asking, "How do I ride a bike?" after you done learned how. You just get out and ride, man!

[hamworld05]

Originally Posted by hugofortin

Hi everyone,

When I read personal development books, I feel that I don't learn anything. I just read it and I just don't implement nothing.

Do you have any advices to how implement new things that you learn?

Thank you in advance.

Hugo

You're reading the wrong stuff, homie. Reading self-improvement books usually isn't the way to improve yourself.

[KyleSteward]

Originally Posted by hugofortin

Hi everyone,

When I read personal development books, I feel that I don't learn anything. I just read it and I just don't implement nothing.

Do you have any advices to how implement new things that you learn?

Thank you in advance.

Hugo

The key to implementing what you're learning is action. What is the goal of reading personal development books? Is it just to accumulate knowledge of what they say? Or is it to put that knowledge into action?
I think everyone on here would agree that the goal is to put that knowledge into action.

What would you say to a flabby, out of shape person who reads tons of books on exercise and knows a lot about fitness, but they never work out. You'd tell them to start working out!

Try this: read through a book briefly and write down what you see as action steps - something the book mentions that you could do. For instance, if it's a book on how to set goals, an obvious action step for you would be to sit down and set some written goals for yourself.
Write down a bunch of action steps. Then resolve to start at the top and do them.

[Lifestyle Lift Journey]

You feel you don't learn anything? Assuming you are reading right stuff, do you have any particular goals you want to achieve? Or are you just reading for general personal development without anything particular to improve? If you have specific things you want to improve, good reading materials can instruct you how to do so, but no results will follow until you actually implement what you read.

[hugofortin]

Hi,

Thank you all for your advices! Good or bad...


Hugo

[ginkgo]

So you read a book on exercise. Then try the exercises in the book. Same with a book on yoga. A self improvement book should have things in it that you can do like an exercise.