Action-oriented reading

Just reading an item (and most likely forgetting it) is a low-value activity for me. Reading should be more than just providing the raw material for the cocktail party grist mill. I want to make a dent in the universe - make the world a better, more interesting place. I read as a means towards that end.

I ask myself:

• What will I do differently because of what I just read?
• How will I take what I have read and manifest it as visible, positive change?