The number one tip is always practice, practice, practice. It’s going to be hard at times so have grit, always be willing to try again because you wont notice, but every time you try again, you gain a bit more experience points until you level up. There is no fanfare music or visible skill tree, but you will be getting better nonetheless.
Also when you turn on your computer, your brain will want to go to the time wasting things, so always always always, first thing you do when you turn on your computer is open Blender and CG Cookie. In fact, have them open automatically and make CG Cookie your default page when you open up your browser, it’s just some of the ways to battle the virus we all have called procrastination.