The biggest piece of advice that I'd give would be for you to be responsible for your own learning. CFIs shouldn't attempt to spoon feed info, you have to look it up and study it on your own. The litmus test of any session should be: did I study enough to be familiar with the subjects we discussed today? Can I now go and look up ALL of the information myself because my CFI showed me where the FARs are, gave me the advisory circular (or showed me where it's at) and had me look them up myself. DO NOT let your CFI tell you anything that can be referenced. It's his job to show you where it's at and how it applies, and your job to read it and know it. All too often training ends up with students taking loads of notes based on their CFIs lecture/briefing, assuming things are a certain way because the CFI "said so", but even if he said it right, our recollection is not perfect and our interpretation changes over time. I give checkrides sometimes and it blows my mind how a student sometimes misunderstands a maneuver on a very basic level, all of which could have been avoided by studying it at the most basic level. You hold a lot of the power here. Make decisions when something isn't "good enough". Don't be a pain for your flight instructor, but realize his role isn't to spoon feed and tell you everything you need to know. Armed with this type of attitude, you should be exceptionally successful as a pilot! Good luck!