I challenge myself to answer the following questions in everything I read: 1. Has this taught me anything new and valuable? (If not, move on quickly) 2. Ho

I challenge myself to answer the following questions in everything I read: 1. Has this taught me anything new and valuable? (If not, move on quickly) 2. How can I apply insights from this article today? (Wait and I’ll forget) 3. When have I applied the ideas from this post? Where have I not, but could have? (What was the difference?) Whenever I read an "I challenge myself to answer the following questions..." list in a blog post, I think "Wow, do I challenge myself like they do in this scenario? Will they mind if I steal their technique? Will I stick with it? Do they stick with it?" I say this because it's often a potential 'takeaway' from an article to apply similar challenges in one's life, and like Jason says, unless it can be applied immediately it is often forgotten.