Getting productive quickly.
WHAT NOT TO DO
Read the manual from the beginning Watch a long course before starting
WHAT TO DO INSTEAD
Identify the tasks you actually need to perform Learn those, one at a time Use the software for real work immediately
WHY
Skills learned without application are forgotten.
WHAT TO LEARN FIRST IN ANY SOFTWARE
How to save How to undo How to find a command How to get help
THAT THIRD ONE
Most software has a way to search its commands. It replaces hunting through menus.
WHAT TO EXPLORE
The right-click menu on anything you are unsure about.
WHAT TO ACCEPT
That you will be slower at first. That passes.
WHAT TO AVOID
Learning ten features you will never use Copying someone else's workflow without understanding it
WHAT TO REVISIT
The software's own guidance, once you know what you are doing.
Why: it then makes sense, and reveals what you were doing inefficiently.
WHAT TO PRACTISE
Whatever you do most often.
