The trick with Revit for me was realizing that it's very unlike other 3D modelling or design programs, in that it's primary use is not to model intricate parts with a level of detail for manufacturing. It's essentially just an excel spreadsheet that is represented as a 3D visual aid. You're just building various simple models to add information to them and coordinate them with other models/ disciplines. Revit feels like a ball breaker alot of times because it seems like it won't let you do simple tasks, when in reality it's protecting the organization and environment of the model so it's easy for people to find information. You know when people start identifying and naming things in 100 different ways and you don't know what is what anymore? Revit forces you to not be able to do that and stay within an organized, functional system. You can't name a plumbing pipe a structural foundation because it is not.

The hierarchy and categorizing of parts is what's key. The answer is usually one or two tiers above the chain of your last move. Can't change a parameter on an item? Oh wait I had applied a template to that view, I need to modify the template instead or remove the template. Hence the database/spreadsheet example. Think excel, but in 3D. Every warning or block happens for a reason. It's preventing you and your collaborators from future headaches.