Step one: one Strategy, thirty days
Don't try to apply the whole chart. Take only your Type's Strategy and live by it for a month — on small things, not on moving house or changing jobs. Where to go to eat, whether to take this meeting, whether to answer a message right now.
Small things matter more than big ones precisely because there are so many of them: in a month you'll collect a hundred cases, and the difference between “a decision made for myself” and “a decision made the way it's supposed to be” will become obvious without any theory.
Step two: notice your signal
Each Type has a Signature — the state that comes when you live as yourself — and a Not-Self theme — what comes when you get off track. Satisfaction and frustration for the Generator, success and bitterness for the Projector, peace and anger for the Manifestor, pleasant surprise and disappointment for the Reflector.
This is not a reward or a punishment, but feedback. In the evening, one question is enough: which was there more of today. In a couple of weeks you'll see which exact decisions lead to the second.
Step three: look at the people close to you
Half of the chart only becomes clear when a second one appears next to it. Calculate the chart of a partner or a child — and a lot of what looked like bad behavior or laziness will turn out to be different mechanics.
It's especially noticeable with children: there's no point telling a Projector child “don't be lazy, everyone else manages”, or telling a Generator child “finish everything you start” without sorting out whether the thing even draws a response from them.
What not to do
Don't quit your job or break up in the first month. The chart is not a reason for sharp moves: it describes mechanics, it doesn't give orders.
Don't read ten sources in a row about your Type. Practice on small things gives more than any amount of reading.