If you want to impress people who are poor talk about how many things you do. If you want to impress people who are rich talk about how good you are at one thing.
Don't delay action once you know the truth. The intern between knowing and doing is the space were suffering thrives. Suffering is just a refusal to accept what is.
Think and behave in a way that spans beyond what's culturally acceptable at any given moment in time. Function in such a way that you are able to communicate with others and leave them feeling at ease without sacrificing who you are and what you want to say.