To be faster you need to learn the shortcuts called hot-keys. These little gems allow you to move quickly from one tool or action to the next; without hunting for them in menus.
The following is a short list of tool hot-key shortcuts in a ruff order of importance to learn.
Photoshop Tool Hot-key Shortcuts
Default Foreground/Background Colors D
Switch Foreground/Background Colors X
Decrease Brush Size [
Increase Brush Size ]
Hand Tool Space bar or H
Healing Brush Tool J
Patch Tool J
Color Replacement Tool J
Clone Stamp Tool S
Pattern Stamp Tool S
History Brush Tool Y
Art History Brush Y
Gradient Tool G
Paint Bucket Tool G
Zoom Tool Z
Toggle Screen Modes F
Move Tool V
Lasso Tool L
Polygonal Lasso Tool L
Magnetic Lasso Tool L
Magic Wand Tool W
Crop Tool C
Brush Tool B
Pencil Tool B
Eyedropper Tool I
Color Sampler Tool I
Measure Tool I
Toggle Preserve Transparency /
Previous / Last Brush , >
Next / First Brush . <
Rectangular Marquee Tool M
Elliptical Marquee Tool M
Single Row Marquee Tool M
Single Column Marquee Tool M
Toggle Standard/Quick Mask Modes Q
Slice Tool K
Slice Select Tool K
Horizontal Type Tool T
Vertical Type Tool T
Horizontal Type Mask Tool T
Vertical Type Mask Tool T
Notes Tool N
Audio Annotation Tool N
Path Selection Tool A
Direct Selection Tool A
Pen Tool P
Freeform Pen Tool P
Add Anchor Point Tool p
Delete Anchor Point Tool p
Convert Point Tool p
Rectangle Tool U
Rounded Rectangle Tool U
Ellipse Tool U
Polygon Tool U
Line Tool U
Custom Shape Tool U
Blur Tool R
Sharpen Tool R
Smudge Tool R
Dodge Tool O
Burn Tool O
Sponge Tool O
Eraser Tool E
Background Eraser Tool E
Magic Eraser Tool E
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