Mike Carruthers

Social media allows you and anyone else to tell the world about your latest accomplishment. The question is, does anybody really care? And the answer is, not as much as you like to think. In fact, self-promotion often backfires. In an article in the journal Psychological Science, the humble brag, as it's often called, is often not well received by others.

Social media allows you and anyone else to tell the world about your latest accomplishment. The question is, does anybody really care? And the answer is, not as much as you like to think. In fact, self-promotion often backfires. In an article in the journal Psychological Science, the humble brag, as it's often called, is often not well received by others.

Posting a photo of your new car on Instagram or Facebook or bragging about your promotion to coworkers not only doesn't get the reaction you might think, it often gets the opposite reaction. Think about it yourself. You probably experience emotions other than pure joy when you're on the receiving end of someone else's promotion.

Posting a photo of your new car on Instagram or Facebook or bragging about your promotion to coworkers not only doesn't get the reaction you might think, it often gets the opposite reaction. Think about it yourself. You probably experience emotions other than pure joy when you're on the receiving end of someone else's promotion.

Posting a photo of your new car on Instagram or Facebook or bragging about your promotion to coworkers not only doesn't get the reaction you might think, it often gets the opposite reaction. Think about it yourself. You probably experience emotions other than pure joy when you're on the receiving end of someone else's promotion.

Yet, when we engage in self-promotion ourselves, we tend to overestimate other people's positive reactions and underestimate the negative ones. The idea that by telling others about our accomplishments improves how people view us might seem right. But in fact, it often has the opposite effect. And that is something you should know.

Yet, when we engage in self-promotion ourselves, we tend to overestimate other people's positive reactions and underestimate the negative ones. The idea that by telling others about our accomplishments improves how people view us might seem right. But in fact, it often has the opposite effect. And that is something you should know.

Yet, when we engage in self-promotion ourselves, we tend to overestimate other people's positive reactions and underestimate the negative ones. The idea that by telling others about our accomplishments improves how people view us might seem right. But in fact, it often has the opposite effect. And that is something you should know.

If you enjoyed this episode, all we ask in return is that you share it with people you know. It's easy to do with the share function on pretty much every podcast app, which helps us to grow our audience, and we appreciate the help. I'm Mike Carruthers. Thanks for listening today to Something You Should Know.

If you enjoyed this episode, all we ask in return is that you share it with people you know. It's easy to do with the share function on pretty much every podcast app, which helps us to grow our audience, and we appreciate the help. I'm Mike Carruthers. Thanks for listening today to Something You Should Know.

If you enjoyed this episode, all we ask in return is that you share it with people you know. It's easy to do with the share function on pretty much every podcast app, which helps us to grow our audience, and we appreciate the help. I'm Mike Carruthers. Thanks for listening today to Something You Should Know.

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