SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, how do I become a better biochemist/scientist??
POST: For the past 2 year of my life, I have been volunteering as a researcher in my school. I have put in a substantial amount of time learning and mastering protocols practiced in the field of biochemistry and have been mentored by what I honestly believe to be some of the world's best grad students/post docs/professors. I am seriously a hardworker and I try my best to not be lazy when it comes to science.

However, here lies my problem: A couple of days ago, one of my mentors was helping me trouble shoot an experiment, and in the process sort of gave me a very stern talk about how I needed to write in my lab notebook more, and how I needed to be more present in the lab (not as in my attendance, but as in my mind needed to be there while I was doing my work). The point of the talk was that I needed to be able to stand up on my own two feet and stop asking so many redundant questions that have been answered over a million times. 

I agreed with what my mentor said and really, as much as I hated to admit it, my scientific method definitely needed improvement if I ever wanted to become a mature scientist. I have started to note down everything in my lab notebook, and am starting to be more attentive in lab. So, to gain more insight on the scientific method I am here, writing to you. Reddit, how do you approach science??? What are somethings you do to try and be more organized??? How have you perfected your laboratory skills?
TL;DR: 
I'm a beginner scientists and I need advice. What is your opinion about how a scientist should practice science? How does one keep everything organized, and thus, become a more productive scientist?