From my experience, here's what I believe is going to move you fast. Start with the n8n text courses and make sure to complete and understand all projects; it takes 2 to 5 hours to complete depending on your pace. After taking this course, you'll have a strong n8n foundation. Now it's time to start building. Go to YouTube, follow tutorials on workflows that interest you, break things intentionally, understand why they failed, fix them and continue. Identify and build systems from scratch after this. Just being skilled with n8n is not enough. Using these skills to solve real business problems is what matters. Go to Upwork, identify business problems from job postings and try to solve them using your n8n skills. Before automating any workflow, first ensure that it functions properly without automation. If you still have doubts, I'm open to clarify them. Do not hesitate to reach out.