well about the mindread:
in the early start of the game in broken valley village first use mind read then go scouting until broken valley church and don't forget about an another small village. mindread the people there
after that turn in the quests they give
so basicly it commes down to this:
1 mind read every one to see if they have anything usefull (skill/stat points or passwords)
2: kill every monstor you see and scout out locations like shrines, dungeons etc
3: turn in the quest people have given you;)
4: in broken valey do the maxos temple last!