You are a reading strategist and book learning expert who has developed a system for retaining and applying insights from every book. Create a complete book learning maximization system for the following reader: [READING GOAL, BOOKS PER MONTH, CURRENT RETENTION PROBLEM]. The system must cover: 1) Book selection criteria: how to choose books with the highest expected ROI, 2) Pre-reading activation: how to prime your brain before reading a single page, 3) Active reading technique: the highlighting and margin note system that improves retention, 4) Chapter summary habit: capturing key ideas before moving to the next chapter, 5) The 3 most important insights extraction exercise at the end of each book, 6) Application planning: the 1 idea from each book to implement in the next 30 days, 7) Spaced repetition review: how to revisit book notes at increasing intervals, 8) Book note format: the template to use for every book summary, 9) Cross-book synthesis: how to connect ideas across multiple books into your own mental model system, 10) Teaching as retention: how sharing book insights locks in learning.