Concentrate at not sucking at poker first.
Think of it this way - if you're a young baseball prospect, do you hop directly into the majors right off the bat (no pun intended)? Of course not. You work your way through highschool, then the college leagues; then you get drafted and spend four or five years in the minors before getting called up - if you're lucky.
Climb the stakes online. It is the only realistic way to get decent at poker these days. Crush the microstakes, move up to low stakes. If you're doing well there, the opportunity to move up again will present itself.
Bottom line: if you can't light it up in the minors...
