Love that you mentioned learning from people who are just a few steps ahead of you.

Oftentimes (me guilty about this) we look up to the industry leaders. The legends of the field. Those who are lightyears from where we are in our progress.

Then when we're not even halfway there, we just give up.

I use Remnotes to gather information and notetaking. We ofte forget what we have just learned, and it pays a lot to have your own version of a zettelkasten. A knowledgebase you can use as reference.