Create a personal knowledge base

As someone who's worked on my own fair share of new projects over the recent years, I cannot stress how efficient it is, not to mention how relieved you'll be, to create a personal knowledge base for yourself.

The next time you are learning something entirely new from scratch, or even if you're re-learning it, make notes (notepad, word, google docs, etc) as a way of creating a personal knowledge base for yourself.

Make it easy for yourself to recreate those exact same steps, this time with a little more confidence and guidance.

And each time you recreate those steps, make more notes.

Edit, update and improve what you’ve learned.

This is the key to building any type of process. Whether it’s for yourself, your company, or someone else.

Also, don’t forget to keep separate notes on mistakes and things to avoid for those next times.

You’ll save A LOT of time in the long run.

And you’ll also thank yourself for doing so.

I'd love to hear if anyone has any other productivity tips similar to this when it comes to learning new skills or taking on new projects.