How do I Receive Inspiration / Revelation

How do I receive inspiration/revelation from God? I believe I am doing most of what this section has suggested, but there is much room for improvement. I fall so short of having the understanding of the scriptures that I should. I try, but it seems I fall flat.

If it is revelation I want, I must:

1. Cease to be angry, hurt, or defensive [sigh] I try hard. Most of the time, I feel like I do fine. My motto I recite to myself and anyone who will listen is: "Don't ruin what is becuase of what isn't". I stand by this quote. Even when things are gloriously great, if we seek to improve them in a worldly way, these emotions can sneak in.
2. Loud, inappropriate laughter is offensive to the Spirit. I've had to learn to laugh. It wasn't something that came naturally to me. But inappropriate laughter, unfortunately, comes too easily.
3. Care and quiet speach. Is that another way of saying soft spoken? Well then, I've got that one. 
4. Good health habits, i.e. clean foods, enough sleep, exercise. This is a constant effort to adjust and readjust as I get older. I know this one is a truth. 
5. Don't get distracted. Ugh! This one is harder for me. Multi-tasking is a distraction. I have always felt mastering this skill has been a virtue. I can now see where it isn't. I'm trying ever so hard to overcome it by being present in a conversation or in the moment. It is a "left-hand" movement, but I'm improving.
6. Record instantly meaningful dreams or any inspiration I get. There's always room for improvement.

Elder Richard Scott's talk was a great reminder of this skillset. His bullet points:

• Inspiration carefully recorded shows God that His communications are sacred to us. Recording will also enhance our ability to recall revelation.
• One must be ever mentally and physically clean and have purity of intent so that the Lord can inspire.
• Humility is a fertile soil where spirituality grows and produces the fruit of inspiration to know what to do.
• Our Heavenly Father did not put us on earth to fail but to succeed gloriously.
• Two indicators that a feeling or prompting comes from God are that it produces peace in your heart and a quiet, warm feeling.
• Should choices be wrong, they can be rectified through repentance. When its conditions are fully met, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our Savior, provides a release from the demands of justice for the errors made. It is wondrously simple and so incomparably beautiful.
• Communication with our Father in Heaven is not a trivial matter. It is a sacred privilege. It is based upon eternal, unchanging principles. We receive help from our Father in Heaven in response to our faith, obedience, and the proper use of agency.