Make sure you are working for someone that is within the field that you aspire to work in. If your interest is in coloring, make sure that you work with a colorist. If your passion is cutting, make sure you work under a stellar cutter and so on and so forth. This way you won't be bored because assisting can be tedious but it instills discipline . Discipline makes for a great assistant and better yet, an excellent stylist.
Your role as an assistant is to assist the stylist in all facets according to the needs that the stylist stated to you when you began. Be sure to be clear on what the needs are when the they are explained so that you and stylist can be on one accord.
Observe and be attentive to the stylist's style in doing things so that when he/she calls you to do a blow dry or to do an application in color, you will know how the stylist like things done. Also, understand that you may have a way of doing things with your own clients but you still have to do things the way the stylists that your working under would like it.
Stay humble and leave the ego at home.
