Collaborate and Share what you Learn
There are numerous benefits to sharing the things that you learn. The first is that everybody you share with will have had different experiences and can tell you how what you've learned applies (or doesn't) to their context. That insight can give you a more complete picture of what you learned, especially of where it might be limited. Conference talks and books are often delivered with a spin on being persuasive—not because the author is being disingenuous, but because the material will be more successful if you go away wanting to apply what you've learned.
Listening to other people who've found that what you want to do does (or doesn't) work in particular situations, then, can give you a more complete picture of a concept and its applications than just relying on the first source you discovered. In return, you'll probably tell the person you're talking to about your experiences and problems, so you both get to...