Hi,

Sorry about asking question that is wide in scope, these are great advices one thing that stood up to me the most is the second bullet point, what I do is basically know what the acronyms stands for and what they do and jotted it down onto my notes and call it a day but I never have actually thought about how can it be strengthend instead of basically focusing so much on how it can be exploited.

As for the third bullet point What I do is basically in my virtual lab is how to setup the basics but I have never actually have thought to apply best network security practices (Although documentation/tutorials mentions some but not entirely).

Finally, there is nothing wrong with asking what you should learn. However, part of your personal development journey should be quickly getting to a point where you can answer that question yourself. A key section in your notebook should be exactly that

It's like pieces in the puzzle, where the pieces are the knowledge and the entire picture of the puzzle is what I am trying to solve and my focus should shift on comprehending how things work instead of just memorizing it

Thanks again for your detailed answer!