A workflow for reading non-fiction that survives: capture while reading, the one-page synthesis, and the apply-one-thing rule.
Build my reading retention workflow. What I read and why: {{reading_context}} (books/articles, for work or growth, where my current approach fails).
Design: the capture-while-reading method (marginalia or highlights with a one-line WHY per highlight — a highlight without a reason is decoration), the 20-minute synthesis after finishing (one page: the 3 ideas that matter TO MY SITUATION, each with where I'd apply it; the argument in my own words — if I can't restate it, I didn't get it), the apply-one-thing rule (each book earns one behaviour change, tried within a week — knowledge that changes nothing is entertainment), and the resurfacing system (where syntheses live, the monthly skim). Then apply it: here's my latest read — {{current_book}} — walk me through the synthesis.
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