Reddit reviews Project Management Demystified

I'm a Project Manager, in the UK though so the certification is different here. I got to my role by getting a place on a graduate course whereby my employer funded me through a masters degree in project management and I got a job at the end. My degree counts as the first level of qualification but I have to do an exam for a certification.

My introduction to Project Management was a book called "Project Management Demystified by Geoff Reiss I still refer to it now for helpful hints and tricks.

Something else I started doing was treating everything as a project. House renovation, buying a sofa, a day out with OH, anything is a project really. Budget, programme, key risks, stakeholders. It helped me get into the mindset. Being organised is a helpful side of PM, as is (depending on your industry), being firm and authoritative.

The most important thing though, never be scared to ask a question or seek clarification on anything you don't understand.