The "Prepare" step cures the agony with reading uninteresting books.

When creating your purpose/outcome statement, decide how you want to be positively impacted by acquiring the knowledge in that book. What outcome do you want to have? How is this information going to help me accomplish my goal of ___________________. What level of comprehension do I need?

Then, the activation sessions enable you to get the comprehension you need in the shortest amount of time, so you can get on with other things you enjoy doing more.