Hello - I think your question is a good one - UNDERSTANDING, which you mention in your initial post, is very important - you do need to learn some skills and make sure you actually understand what you're doing. A point made on a course I attended recently was 'don't play games you don't understand'! I think the challenge for newcomers is knowing how to find the balance between learning and 'doing' - you've got to start taking action at some point, and you've got to have a strategy, a plan of some sort - because there are all sorts of ways to make money online, but you've got to find what's right for you - and you can't do it all at once! You've also got to be patient and not expect to earn a fortune with a few clicks of the mouse - no matter what the scammers tell you, it takes time and effort!