Catch yourself while you are having a thought you don’t want. Then, work on coming up with a catch phrase or thought to replace it. If your goal is to be perfect at this right away, you can go ahead and forget it. This takes time and requires work. If it didn’t, everyone would be doing it!
We are conditioned by our parents, teachers, managers, peers, and anyone else with whom we’ve spent a great deal of time. Our conditioning causes us to think about things certain ways. The way we think dictates the way we act.
While you have most likely heard and used the term “victim”, it is so easy to fall into the trap of blaming others for not being where you want to be.
If you wait for divine inspiration to do the things you know you should do, whether it be exercise, writing, networking, etc., you’ll be waiting a long time. Tom Hill said, discipline is doing what you know you should until it becomes a habit.