~"Don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job, just know that your job makes you better than these other people with a different job"
>> in understanding and handling people
> than these other people with a different job"
you can't ignore the middle, as that is the defining part of his sentence. every sentence is hypocrisy if you remove important parts
Io sono architetto. // I am an architect
You must say:
Io faccio l'architetto. // I make the architect (job)
Disclaimer: I'm not a linguist neither an Italian native. More accurate comments are welcome.
Y'all are philosophising too much about the copula (a rather common philosopher's pasttime).