Like this. Reading a technical book is of little value. Using the knowledge contained in the book to give you the skills you need to get you where you want your

Like this. Reading a technical book is of little value. Using the knowledge contained in the book to give you the skills you need to get you where you want your life to go is of great value. So the first step is visualising (important) where you see yourself and your future career and then retrospectively determining the skills you need to get there. It's a process I think of like dragging yourself up by your bootstraps. If you can visualise yourself as a successful person, making the intermediate steps to equip yourself for that eventuality is easier.