Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Knowing the difference between information and understanding is vital to improving your reading ability.
It lets you go beyond shallow information and enter true wisdom by forming connections, applying ideas, making actionable steps in the real world and expanding your perspective.
00:00-00:22 Intro
00:22-0:30 What is Information?
00:30-1:50 Example 1
1:50-2:15 Understanding
2:15-3:40 Example 2
3:40-4:00 The Importance of Understanding
4:00-5:32 Tips to Apply This Idea
Credits
Arcreative: Human Heart Anatomy (3D Medical Animation)
Knowing the difference between information and understanding is vital to improving your reading ability.
It lets you go beyond shallow information and enter true wisdom by forming connections, applying ideas, making actionable steps in the real world and expanding your perspective.
00:00-00:22 Intro
00:22-0:30 What is Information?
00:30-1:50 Example 1
1:50-2:15 Understanding
2:15-3:40 Example 2
3:40-4:00 The Importance of Understanding
4:00-5:32 Tips to Apply This Idea
Credits
Arcreative: Human Heart Anatomy (3D Medical Animation)










![How to APPLY What You Read (Index Tab Method) + Free Notion Template
Practical books offer us guidance on how to achieve a set of goals, usually on top of the theory that provides a basis for them.
But assuming we accept the authors terms for the ends and the means -how do we actually take the lessons and apply them?
This video is a four-step method using index tabs for finding and applying the main lessons in practical books.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00-00:12 Intro
00:12-1:35 Step 1 (Read Analytically)
1:35-1:51 Step 2 (Find Main Theoretical Points)
1:51-2:40 Step 3 (Find Main Practical Points)
2:40-4:20 Step 4 (Distil, Collect and Take Action)
4:20-9:31 Examples How to APPLY What You Read (Index Tab Method) + Free Notion Template](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tVjVfrtDn4w/mqdefault.jpg)