I'm currently busy with the PR home study course, and have a few questions.

1) When practicing PR, I will obviously read a multitude of books, and would not have the same level of interest in all of them. How do I set my outcome? Would the outcome be to get a feel for the subject, or to recall as much of the core, relevant info as possible, or what.

2) Also, what benefit would I get if I only did the PR step, and not the activation of the info. I'm thinking of a time in a bookshop, where I picked up a book and PRed it. Will any of it matter? I know the information is somewhere in my other-than-conscious mind, but will it ever come out (e.g. when I'm talking to somebody about that subject)?