I learn through trial and error… Sometimes heavy on the error. I’ve read manuals, I’ve done tutorials, I’ve taken classes. The best way for me to learn though, appears to be hands on. I need to try, to do, to see how something works. I often fail, but in failing I learn, and I move on. For a long time I thought it was just me that worked that way, but I was reassured to find out that others have had similar experiences.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas A. Edison

Obviously Mr. Edison was much more successful at this method than most.