{"id":9375,"date":"2016-02-10T08:23:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T13:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/?p=9375"},"modified":"2023-06-16T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:14:39","slug":"how-to-actually-use-the-tips-youve-read-in-an-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/how-to-actually-use-the-tips-youve-read-in-an-article\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Actually Use the Tips You\u2019ve Read in an Article"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You read a how-to article online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could be about seamlessly planning an event<\/a>, updating a social media account, getting more sleep, or successfully trimming your email subscriptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re excited about applying these tips to your daily life, but for some reason, you hesitate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading an article is one thing, but how do you actually turn those tips into actionable steps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, I offer some step-by-step instruction on how to take the tips you\u2019ve read in an article, and work them into your daily routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scan the article.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve never tried this technique before, you should definitely give it a try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scanning an article allows you to get a bird\u2019s eye view of what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes the reading process much more manageable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All you have to do is read the article\u2019s title, and then read any sub-headlines, or sub-sub-headlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re finished, go back to the beginning of the article to\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the article in-depth.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Take your time and read the article from beginning to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make a mental note of any tips or areas that are of particular interest to you and your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t have to worry about details at this point, we\u2019ll get to them a little later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summarize key points of interest.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grab a piece of paper and a pen, and summarize key points from the article as they apply to you and your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summarization will help reinforce why you want to take the tips from the article and put them into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could summarize tidbits of information, relevant statistics, general pointers or pieces of advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bullet point for each key point works well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Convert tips into tasks.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Scan the article again and find the tips you\u2019d like to implement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write down each of these tips onto separate lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, some tips will be single, easy-to-do tasks in and of themselves. You can let these stand, as is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other tips, however, will be made up of many different tasks and you’ll have to divide these tips into smaller, bite-sized pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schedule tasks into your calendar.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Take your newly converted tasks and schedule them, one-by-one directly into your calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ensures you\u2019ll actually have time to put the tips into practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s say you created a list of five tasks. You could schedule thirty minutes each weekday to complete these of tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another way of doing this is to schedule blocks of time, say an hour or two at a time, and work on these tasks until they are complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about you? How do you go about implementing tips you\u2019ve read about in articles? What\u2019s your go-to tactic or approach? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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