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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Beware: Bragging Often Backfires

Psych Central News: Bragging about a recent promotion at work or posting a photo of your new car on Facebook may seem like harmless ways to share good news.

But a new study has found that this kind of self-promotion often backfires.

Researchers from City University London, Carnegie Mellon University and Bocconi University wanted to find out why so many people frequently get the trade-off between self-promotion and modesty wrong.

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