| Not to refer you to another book, but The Power of Habit [1] might be helpful here. While you should read the book, the basic summary of operationalizing any habit is Cue + Routine + Reward. In your case, there is the Cue (You read a book on the topic) and the Reward (building a new product), but it appears you are missing a way to integrate it into your Routine. Just understanding that framework was helpful for me, because I started to understand how to operationalize what I was learning. It also made it clear to me that, if I don't integrate it into my routines, I will never use that knowledge. I either need to change my habits so the integration of the knowledge makes contextual sense or be at peace with not using that knowledge. You can't have both essentially. Using your examples, instead of an extensive knowledgebase or series of 1-pagers, try to match what you are learning to the Cues that naturally come up. If you want to get meta, try doing a retrospective each week on what you learned from your reading and where you spent your time, and determine where you can apply what you have learned to the cues you currently have. Some examples:
Most people have a goal to sleep more and more consistently.
For me, I trigger the lights in my room to automatically dim at a certain time. That is my (Cue) to start my wind down activities (Routine) to get in bed at a reasonable time (Reward). Most people have a goal to exercise more and more consistently.
For me, I have a calendar event (Cue) that reminds me to work out on specific days with specific activities (Routine) to exercise more (Reward). My point being while knowledge is great for its own sake (I love it too), if you are trying to operationalize it, you need to attach it directly at the moment you are going to use it (Cue). Not in some Word doc that has a large amount of friction attached to your utilization of that resource. Not my quote but I think it applies "If you show me someone's calendar, I'll show you their priorities". That might be a great place to start - are there activities you are already doing where you can apply your knowledge? [1] https://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/ |