Hi, Blackhole, welcome to DV!
FryingMan has given you excellent advice: LaBerge is where many of us start, and for good reason. His methods reliably produce lucid dreams in the vast majority of people who seriously attempt them. Virtually anyone will get better at this through diligent practice. This may sound a bit harsh (I hope you don't take it that way!) but I would make time to read LaBerge. Even if it is just a chapter a week. Read it, think about it, and then start practicing.
Do you have a dream journal, by the way? It is probably the swiftest way to build recall, and no one even mentioned it! Tut, tut! 
Last thing I'll mention--it will be difficult at first to notice what a "dreamlike occurrence" is, because we've been "plugged in" so long (Matrix metaphor). Once you start waking up, you'll notice things: a person you've never met before catches your eye in the grocery store--DREAM! You run into your friend twice in one day--DREAM! You misunderstand what someone says in conversation--DREAM! All of these might be good places to start; best to get dream journaling so you can find out what your dream signs are.
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