There are six questions that are always important to ask yourself. Is it beneficial? Is it not? For me? For others? Now? Or in the future? When you ask yourself these six questions, if you didn't notice, five of them have to be yes and one has to be no, and it's got to be the right one, in order for you to be fairly confident that that's an okay decision to make. That's a typical way of asking yourself some wise questions.
You can ask yourself some wise questions with regard to the Paramis. Am I developing Paramis with what I am doing, am I not developing Paramis with what I am doing? If you're getting angry waiting at a street corner for the light to turn green to cross the street, ask yourself, why am I getting angry, and how does this help me develop my Paramis? Relate everything to the Paramis if you want.
Relate things to the eight worldly dhammas if you want. Am I attached to fame? Am I attached to praise? What am I doing with this action right now? What is my intention behind what I am doing? It's like a classic example we give to a lot of people, to really see motivation is: Imagine four or five people sitting around having a talk, and it's kind of centered around Dhamma, and somebody's telling a story, everybody's listening, and it's a very interesting story. One person starts thinking, "Oh, everybody's listening to them, I'm going to tell a story after they do." Another person's listening and they think, "Ah, that's a good story, in fact, I have something that could maybe help complement that. Maybe I'll say that after they finish talking."
Now it's possible that these two people have exactly the same story to tell, but one person's motivation is centered around fame and getting praise, the other person's motivation is centered around having compassion. So if you're sitting there and you start thinking that you want to say something after they finish talking, ask yourself, am I doing this out of compassion for everyone or am I doing this just to get fame.