Hello my fellow Aviators!

My name is Steve and I'm a 23 year old Instrument-Commercial pilot new to the forum and have interests of staying in the clouds for good!

I achieved my PPL on 10/22/07 my Instrument Rating on 01/25/09 and Commercial Rating on 10/2/09.  There after I moved out of CT and I gave my CFI a shot flying out or American Flyer's in Morristown and to my dismay did not get the ticket yet, twice..

Here is some info about my flight career and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. My training was done in CT by CFA.  The school was part owned by my father.   Most of my learning was spelt taught while I was enrolled in a local community college in the Aviation Flight Science Degree Program for my Associates Degree. 

I was using the Jeppesen Private Pilot and Instrument/Commercial Kits and the Gleim Test Prep Cd's.   My father would help me with my studies when I had issues but was very busy with building the company and being the Chief Instructor so I replied on myself for the most part.

I found that the bulk of my knowledge came from my hands on training with my father and other instructors in the flight school even though the bulk of my time was in the books.  The material just doesn't soak in like hands on training, I'm a visual hands on person, books were never my things.   Now here I am in a dip, it's been 3+ years now since I was enrolled in the Private Pilot Course and feel the cobwebs starting to build. 

  Just looking for any opinions on what to do from books you would recommend to suggestions of taking a Private Pilot ground school (which I had never enrolled into before) as a refresher.   

Any adviced will do.   Thanks for taking your time to read all of this and welcoming me to the forums!!