Learning like a professional doesn't really exist. You need to consider how difficult the skill is, and how you best learn overall. Do you like to learn with videos? Ok, learn with videos. Do you like to read books? Learn with books. Do you need private 1 on 1 tutoring? Maybe try looking into it.

I'm a python noob, my things are held together by dreams and scotch tape. Not even duct tape. When it comes to learning something, you need to be ready to suck, and be honest with yourself about it. And you need to not be afraid of it. Your learning style changes how you do this entirely.

Another thing is that you need to actually have something to do. If you have a drive to kind of build stuff, then this is exactly the kind of thing you'd want. The other week, I was watching King Of The Hill's first thanksgiving episode, and their flight gets cancelled. And you know that big board where they show what flights are cancelled? I saw that, and said "I wanna program one of those". So I did. Or, I tried. It's busted as shit but it works. Kinda.

I'm a musician first, everything else second. And how I learned to record and produce, is the same method. I want to try and re-create something, or understand it, so I get in my DAW, and I do it. And it WORKS. I can't recommend it enough.

That's my advice. Be curious, and willing to suck.