You Call It “Self-Exuberance”; I Call It “Bragging”
[P]eople overestimate the extent to which recipients of their self-promotion will feel proud of and happy for them, and underestimate the extent to which recipients will feel annoyed…Because people tend to promote themselves excessively when trying to make a favorable impression on others, such efforts often backfire, causing targets of self-promotion to view self-promoters as less likeable and as braggarts
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Asking about the other person, showing genuine interest, requesting advice, and other tips for staying out of “Braggart’s Jail” HERE
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